Monday, September 08, 2003
Sooner or later it will sink in.
Many, if not most, states are cutting back higher education investments. Political leaders see higher education as a "soft" target for budget cuts. Instead, they should be thinking of their colleges and universities as "factories of the future" that produce our only competitive edge in a global economy: brainpower and innovation.
Not so in Arizona. The state is making major commitments to upgrade its campuses. Read more.
(To give you some perspective: 25 states anticipate decreases in funding for public higher education. The deepest of cuts are in Colorado -- 13.7% -- with California, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Wisconsin all experiencing cuts between 9.1 and 10.5%. This data comes from a survey by the State Higher Education Executive Officers.)
Today in our history of innovation...
In 1930, Richard Drew developed Scotch tape.
posted by Ed Morrison |
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Background on Ed Morrison
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Arizona's investments in higher ed
