Not only are students suffering, but faculty are also taking a hit. Students are forced to come up with more and more money every year. Faculty are released from their departments. Fewer courses are offered each semester. These are just some of the many effects of state funding cuts. College is becoming less accessible and less attainable for those who need a college degree to thrive in today's competitive society. By cutting funding to higher education, states are shrinking their middle class and taking away skilled workers from those who would have come from college or university but can't afford