Public University

Why All Public Higher Education Should Be Free

Bob Samuels | Posted 01.18.2012

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Bob Samuels

While the US has a free K-12 public education, its failure to fund higher education means that America's economy is unable to compete with other developed nations that have free universities.

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Where Public Education Produces Winners

Sarwar Kashmeri | Posted 01.17.2012

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Sarwar Kashmeri

If media headlines on the declining quality of students being produced by America's public education system ever get you down, take a trip to the Binghamton University campus of the State University of New York.

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The Emergence of the National University and the Role of the Federal Government

Linda Katehi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Linda Katehi

If ever the United States needed to formulate a long-range compass for the future of its higher education system, now is that time. And if ever the United States needed to make a long-term cut: fiscal investment to safeguard those aspirations against short-term contingencies, and to declare education as its highest priority both for the good of its citizens and for the continued welfare and security of the nation, now is that time.

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Friday Talking Points [91] -- Win One For Teddy

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Calling for some sort of decorous avoidance of politics during politicians' funerals is downright ridiculous. It'd be like eulogizing Charles Lindbergh and not mentioning airplanes.

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