A Crisis in Public Higher Education

A Crisis in Public Higher Education

http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/stratedgy/crisis-public-higher-education

“A crisis in public higher education: coming soon to a university near you – if not already there.

It’s no secret that public higher education is in trouble. Take a look at  what’s happening to state appropriations for higher education in this article/chart. And, if it’s hard to read the chart,  just look at the colors — red means that appropriates have decreased over 10%.  Lots of red. According to the article, state support for colleges fell nearly 8%  in fiscal year 2012.

Perhaps that doesn’t sound so alarming until you realize that, as of 2009,  76% of undergraduate enrollments were in public institutions:”

Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/stratedgy/crisis-public-higher-education#ixzz1xlzXJnPL Inside Higher Ed

Stephen