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ILR Impact Brief - The Privatization of Public Higher Education: Can We Afford It?

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dc.contributor.authorEhrenberg, Ronald G.
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-23T20:07:23Z
dc.date.available2020-11-23T20:07:23Z
dc.date.issued2006-06-01
dc.descriptionThe ILR Impact Brief series highlights the research and project based work conducted by ILR faculty that is relevant to workplace issues and public policy. The Briefs are prepared by Maralyn Edid, Senior Extension Associate, ILR School.
dc.description.abstract[Excerpt] Public colleges and universities are in danger of losing their place as engines of social mobility and generators of knowledge. State appropriations to public colleges and universities, as a share of their overall budgets, have been shrinking since the 1980s even as enrollments have climbed. The resulting financial pressures have led to tuition hikes, cutbacks in the number of full-time and tenure-track faculty, reduced support for low- and middle-income students, and fewer subsidies for graduate students. Despite the widely acknowledged social good produced by public higher education, many policymakers hold to the view that the individual beneficiaries should pay more of its cost, especially now that the education-based income gap is widening. Decreased state funding also reflects policymakers’ assumption that forcing public institutions to behave more like private institutions, which have long competed for resources, will eliminate waste and boost efficiency.
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dc.identifier.other174981
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/76939
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesImpact Brief
dc.rightsRequired Publisher Statement: Copyright by Cornell University.
dc.subjectpublic college
dc.subjectuniversities
dc.subjectknowledge
dc.subjectbudget
dc.subjecttuition hike
dc.subjectcutback
dc.subjectfaculty
dc.subjecttenure
dc.subjectgraduate student
dc.subjectpay
dc.subjectcost
dc.subjecteducation
dc.subjectprivate institutions
dc.subjectILR
dc.subjectImpact Brief
dc.titleILR Impact Brief - The Privatization of Public Higher Education: Can We Afford It?
dc.typenewsletter
local.authorAffiliationEhrenberg, Ronald G.: rge2@cornell.edu Cornell University

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