Time to reform public higher ed

by E Wayne Ross on December 6, 2006

The Boston Herald: Time to reform public higher ed

The National Conference of State Legislatures is out with a new report on the state of higher education across the United States, and the picture isn’t pretty.
State lawmakers haven’t set clear goals for their higher ed systems, they haven’t exerted leadership, and they’ve funded public colleges and universities reactively, rather than proactively, a bipartisan NCSL panel found.