is the idea of higher education as a public good dead?
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( Find out more here: http://wp.me/pTIwx-1tS ) As higher education has evolved in the United States, views towards higher education have begun to shift towards the view that it is a private good. As a result, many states are in the process of “defunding” higher education by eliminating direct subsidies to institutions, resulting in higher tuition costs. In many cases, this reduction in direct subsidies is being replaced with aid directly to students, but need-based aid is not increasing at same rate as tuition increases. Additionally, many states are shifting away from need-based aid towards more merit-based aid.TRANSCRIPT
Is the
IDEA of Higher Education
as a
PUBLIC GOOD
DEAD?
Higher Educationused to be
part of the social contract.
Higher Educationwere built post-WWII
ofstate systems
Our great
and into the 1960s
BUT SOMETHING CHANGED…
Higher Educationcame to be viewed
as aPRIVATE GOOD
as opposed to aPUBLIC GOOD
We stopped supporting
STATE
higher education for all…
colleges and universities.
cutting support and raising tuition at
shifting to private
LOANS DEBT and
Higher Education has many private benefits…
Higher Education has many private benefits…
BUT
Higher Education also has many public benefits…
Higher Education also has many public benefits…
In reality it is both.
Who wins and who loses
in this tug of war?
is it time for a REVOLUTION?
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