Show Notes
Before you make up your mind about “Free College,” have a listen to this episode. Danny Anderson is joined by Matthew Filipic, former VP of Business and Fiscal Affairs at Wright State University, for a detailed exploration of the context and history of an idea that Bernie Sanders’ campaign has recently thrust into the political spotlight.
Topics:
Richard Shatten and Ohio’s problems with educational attainment
The historical importance of college in America: “The Rising Tide”
Income gains lessen in the 1970s
State withdraw of support for public higher education
University of California system and City College of New York as prior examples of state support
Higher education, “The Baumol Disease,” and the necessity of inefficiency
The burden of Medicaid upon individual states
Resistance to tax increases by the public
Danny’s modest proposal: Single Payer Healthcare as solution to free college
Current Free College proposals
New York Proposal
The problems for private colleges
Oregon, Tennessee, and Rhode Island versions of “free college”
Targeting money to populations that need it
The Sanders plan versus the Clinton plan
Avoiding “perverse incentives” in national funding of “free college”
Free college and student motivation
What we’ve lost as a society in neglecting higher education
Links:
Richard Shatten Bio
http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20100524/FREE/305249995/richard-shatten
The Baumol Disease
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baumol%27s_cost_disease
New York's tuition-free college program sparks debates and defenses
http://ift.tt/2psEJkG
New York Republicans have an alternative to Governor Cuomo's free tuition plan
http://ift.tt/2lS9ErH
Most of Oregon's free-tuition dollars aren't going to poor students
http://ift.tt/2mXikL4
The drawbacks to New York State's free college plan (essay) | Inside Higher Ed
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HOPE changes may mean fewer women, minorities at UGA
http://ift.tt/2xfTQ82
HOPE Scholarship: The cons - Atlanta Magazine
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Free-Tuition Program Transforms a University
http://ift.tt/2wNplDs
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