>who charge "inefficiency" and to generate state revenue to appear 
>"profitable".  I will be writing an article about this topic in a 
>magazine a friend is publishing on campus next semester, can anyone 
>point me to some resources concerning states systems and/or similar 
>trends going on elsewhere?
University Business <http://www.universitybusiness.com/>, published by Lingua Franca, is worth a look.
Doug