This course examines the financial landscape of higher education from federal, state, local, and institutional perspectives, with a focus on the implicit and explicit implications for selected fiscal mechanisms. Through seminar-based discussions and hands-on activities, students will explore the tensions and tradeoffs in finance policy, including how such decisions perpetuate and/or attenuate inequities across institutional sectors and student groups. Principles discussed may apply across the P-20 spectrum, though course materials will focus primarily on postsecondary education.