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Is the idea of higher education as a public good dead?
The document discusses the transition of higher education from being viewed as a public good to a private good, following changes in support and funding post-WWII. It highlights the implications of rising tuition and reliance on private loans while noting the dual private and public benefits of higher education. The author questions whether a transformative approach is necessary to address these challenges.
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Is the idea of higher education as a public good dead?
- 1. Is the IDEA of Higher Education as a PUBLIC GOOD DEAD?
- 2. Higher Education usedto be part of the social contract.
- 3. state systems Ourgreat of Higher Education were built post-WWII and into the 1960s
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- 5. Higher Education cameto 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 hasmany private benefits…
- 10. Higher Education hasmany private benefits…
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- 12. Higher Education alsohas many public benefits…
- 13. Higher Education alsohas many public benefits…
- 14. In reality itis both.
- 15. Who wins andwho loses in this tug of war?
- 16. is it timefor a REVOLUTION?
- 17. Paul Gordon Brown @paulgordonbrown www.paulgordonbrown.com [email protected]
- 18. All data andcharts come from…