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What public universities must do to regain public support

  • Written by Stephen M Gavazzi, Professor, Human Development and Family Science, The Ohio State University
Public support for higher education has waned in recent years.HTU/www.shutterstock.com

Universities have lost public support in recent years. In order to get it back, college presidents should worry less about how their institutions fare in college rankings and focus more on affordability, great teaching and doing research that matters most to the...

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