Compose a 1250 words assignment on two state comparison finance of higher education. Needs to be plagiarism free! About two-thirds of states allocate funds for education usually comprising from 10 to 12 percent of the state budget (NCSL 2010). In this work, I compared the Arkansas and Tennessee in their financing of higher education for possible lessons. Formula for state support to higher education. According to ADHE (2010, p. 3), A.C.A “establishes the process and key components for formula development for funding public institutions of higher education” that the State of Arkansas adopted. Based on ADHE (2010, p. 3), the content of the formula is the principle of providing “fair and equitable state support to all postsecondary students across the state, regardless of the state institution attended” while recognizing level requirements, equipment needs, unique missions, growth, economies of scale, and other factors. In contrast, compared to Arkansas’ equity-based formula, the formula adopted by the State of Tennessee for funding higher education is outcome and performance-based. The TSBE (2011, p. 4) pointed this out very clearly when it emphasized a “productivity and efficiency through an outcomes-based funding formula” for higher education. The TSBE (2011 p. 5) reported that the outcomes based funding was approved for implementation since AY 2011-12 while the performance funding standard was approved for implementation since AY 2010-11. Institutional winners.