State governments generate less revenue in a recession. As state leaders struggle to make up for lost revenue, legislatures tend to cut funding for higher education. Colleges, in turn, answer these funding cuts with tuition hikes.

S. In May 2012 he stated that he supports same-sex marriage. From 1987 to 1991 Duncan played professional basketball mostly in Australia with teams including Melbourne's Eastside Spectres of Australia's National Basketball League.

Arne Duncan (born November 6 1964) is an American education administrator who has been United States Secretary of Education since 2009.