The answer is simple and (nearly) universal: states' support for higher education has declined precipitously over recent decades, especially in recent years. In essence, states are transfering the financial burden of higher education from the general public to individuals (students and parents).
Although tuition increases have been high, they cannot close the gap; hence the fiscal peril that public research institutions now find themselves in. _______________________________________________ Richard L. Lindroth, Ph.D. Professor of Ecology, Associate Dean for Research, and Associate Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 53706 U.S.A. > -----Original Message----- > From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:ECOLOG- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Cherubini > Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 6:29 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] UC-Berkeley and other 'public Iv ies'in fiscal peril > > > The University of California at Berkeley subsists now in > > perpetual austerity. Star faculty take mandatory furloughs. > > Classes grow perceptibly larger each year. Roofs leak; > > e-mail crashes. One employee mows the entire campus. > > Wastebaskets are emptied once a week. Some > > professors lack telephones. > > If all of the above is true, then can someone please > explain why for 20+ years the annual increase in the > cost of college tuition has far outpaced the consumer > price index, heath care, energy costs, etc. > > http://www.nas.org/polArticles.cfm?doc_id=1450 > http://tinyurl.com/6xq6hv > > Paul Cherubini > El Dorado, Calif.
