3. Shifting Public Support of Colleges and Universities

01/31/24 • 23 min

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In this episode, we examine public colleges and universities and discuss:

The high variability in higher education funding between states.
How state appropriations dropped during the decade of the 2000s causing public colleges to make up for the shortfall by raising tuition.
How the decrease in state appropriations explains only a part of the reason tuition was increased.

Theme music credit: Sunshine by lemonmusicstudio via Pixabay.

Send us a text

In this episode, we examine public colleges and universities and discuss:

The high variability in higher education funding between states.
How state appropriations dropped during the decade of the 2000s causing public colleges to make up for the shortfall by raising tuition.
How the decrease in state appropriations explains only a part of the reason tuition was increased.

Theme music credit: Sunshine by lemonmusicstudio via Pixabay.

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Charging U - 3. Shifting Public Support of Colleges and Universities

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Episode 3

Shifting Public Support of Colleges and Universities

We think of public universities as being set up to be accessible to all residents of their states. Why, then, have their charges increased so dramatically? We’ll answer this question on today’s episode. I am Larry Bernstein and welcome to Charging U.

Public state universities have long been a source of pride to the citizens of their states. They have been respected by rural,