At Public Universities, Warnings of Privatization
Posted by tom | Oct 20, 2005Higher Education Update:
At Public Universities, Warnings of Privatization
"The Morrill Act of 1862 granted federal land to states to finance the creation of public universities, and one of their core missions ever since has been to provide services that promote the well-being of communities and states. Today, educators using the term privatization say universities are being forced to abandon this social compact. In the process, many major public universities are looking more like private ones."
