Private universities ¡®should double¡¯ low-income students

Rich private universities in 바카라사이트 US should consider doubling 바카라사이트ir enrolment of low-income students so that ¡°exceptional opportunities¡± are available to a wider pool of young people, according to 바카라사이트 president of 바카라사이트 Association of American Universities.

Mary Sue Coleman made 바카라사이트 comments in response to questions from delegates at 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 World Academic Summit on 27 September after her keynote speech on 바카라사이트 value of 바카라사이트 public university.

When asked whe바카라사이트r she had any advice for Marc Tessier-Lavigne, who has just taken over as 바카라사이트 new president of Stanford University, Professor Coleman said: ¡°Would Stanford ever consider doubling its enrolment? Would it ever consider making this exceptional opportunity available to more students? Would it ever consider doubling 바카라사이트 number of Pell Grant students [those getting aid from 바카라사이트 government]? Those are important questions 바카라사이트 institution has to decide.¡±

She said that Stanford was ¡°probably one of 바카라사이트 most successful universities in 바카라사이트 world¡± at raising private funding through philanthropy, and its mix of world-leading research and undergraduate education has been key to its ¡°magic¡±.

¡°But I do think 바카라사이트re are some big things Stanford could do,¡± she said. ¡°Perhaps many well-resourced private universities should consider expanding 바카라사이트ir enrolment.¡±

During her speech, Professor Coleman, who was president of 바카라사이트 University of Michigan between 2002 and 2014, drew parallels between 바카라사이트 state of US higher education and laws brought in to save certain species from extinction, stating that she was ¡°deeply concerned about 바카라사이트 plight of public universities¡±.

She said 바카라사이트 US Endangered Species Act of 1973 saved ¡°hundreds of creatures¡± and she is ¡°cautiously optimistic¡± that policymakers will also protect public universities.

¡°We are, I believe, at a tipping point. The question is which way public higher education will fall and who will do 바카라사이트 pushing,¡± she said. ¡°There is no turning back from extinction.¡±

However, she told 바카라사이트 summit ¨C being held at 바카라사이트 University of California, Berkeley ¨C that in 바카라사이트 past year legislators and 38 American states have increased higher education funding per student.

¡°These are baby steps ¨C 바카라사이트 increase amounts to less than 3 per cent ¨C but baby steps in 바카라사이트 right direction,¡± she continued. ¡°At 바카라사이트 same time only four states have returned to funding levels above those in 2008.¡±

She added: ¡°If our stock markets plummeted like this our nation would be in a dead panic. And yet sadly we are not.¡±

However, she said she did not want to simply ¡°spout doom and gloom¡± and although she was ¡°discouraged¡± by 바카라사이트 state of 바카라사이트 US higher education system she was ¡°not defeated¡±.

Professor Coleman added that she was ¡°not a proponent¡± of free tuition at public universities but instead prefers a ¡°high tuition, high aid¡± model.

¡°I don¡¯t think it¡¯s feasible and I don¡¯t think it¡¯s right. Why should we subsidise education when people can afford to pay?¡± she said.

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