Rozanna Carosella, an extension lecturer in the ELP, was a driving force behind the development of the first lecturers union. Photo by Tarik Walmsley.
New Report On States That Enact Deep Cuts to Higher Education and Raise Tuition Harm Economy and Quality
March 20, 2013
The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade
Photo credit: AP/Rich Pedroncelli
States chose to enact deep cuts to public higher education funding instead of raising taxes, potentially harming both state economies and education quality, a new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities finds.
The CBPP, a left-leaning economic think tank that focuses on state and federal budgets, found that states are spending, on average, 28 percent less per student in fiscal year 2013 than they were in 2008. [read full article]