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West Virginia Colleges' Impact
By Associated Press,
October 4, 2005
Excerpt:
West Virginia’s private higher education institutions directly
generate $345 million annually for the state’s economy and indirectly
add millions of dollars more. This is according to a study conducted by
West Virginia University researchers for West
Virginia Independent Colleges and Universities, a consortium of the
state’s nine private schools. The schools employ a total of more
than 6,200 people and have a total payroll of more than $121 million.
The study shows that during the 2004-05 school year, more than 11,500
students were enrolled in private colleges and universities. The schools
also generate $7 million in tax revenue for the state…
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