( 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.

1. Is the
IDEA
of Higher Education
as a
PUBLIC GOOD
DEAD?

2. Higher Education
used to be
part of the
social contract.

3. state systems Our great
of
Higher Education
were built post-WWII
and into the 1960s

4. BUT SOMETHING CHANGED…

5. Higher Education
came to be viewed
as a
PRIVATE GOOD as opposed to a
PUBLIC GOOD

6. We stopped supporting
higher education for all…
cutting support and raising tuition at
STATE
colleges and universities.

7. shifting to private
LOANS
and DEBT

9. Higher Education has many
private benefits…

10. Higher Education has many
private benefits…

11. BUT

12. Higher Education also has
many public benefits…

13. Higher Education also has
many public benefits…

14. In reality it is both.

15. Who wins and who loses
in this tug of war?

16. is it time for a REVOLUTION?

17. Paul Gordon Brown
@paulgordonbrown
www.paulgordonbrown.com
paulgordonbrown@gmail.com

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