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Panel: Federal And State Funding - Shifting Patterns And Changing Strategies, Kara Perkins
Panel: Federal And State Funding - Shifting Patterns And Changing Strategies, Kara Perkins
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
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Panel: Federal And State Funding - Shifting Patterns And Changing Strategies, Leo Welch
Panel: Federal And State Funding - Shifting Patterns And Changing Strategies, Leo Welch
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
Rising tuition, decreased state funding, and financial pressures are leading to a “death spiral” for public higher education, according to University of Illinois professor Christopher Higgens. In a lecture at Eastern Illinois University earlier this year, Higgens said many taxpayers view higher education as a means to obtain credentials for the job market and view students as interested in the private gain of potential salary. These taxpayers, unfortunately, reject the view of education as a public good.