If It's So Important, Why Won't They Pay For It?: Public Higher Education at the Turn of the Century

Abstract

Contemporary discourse on education appears to be contradictory. On the one hand, in rhetoric that has become familiar to the point of cliche, we are told that higher education is the key to the nation's (and the individual's) success in what The Economist calls today's "highskillshighwageeconomy.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.