There are three primary sources for funding public higher education.
1. Funding provided by the State;
2. Funding provided by students through payment of tuition; and
3. Funding provided by research.
As funding from the
state eventually reaches zero, the two left to pay the bills are the
students and funds from research. Our Nevada system has missed the boat
on developing the research
arms of UNLV and UNR. In 2012 Johns Hopkins University had research
income of $1,680,927,000. UNLV had income from research in the amount
of $50,775,000. Do you believe that UNLV has any future when it has
failed to develop its research revenue capabilities?
I don’t.
Funding by the State. That means the private sector taxpayer.
ReplyDeleteUnless private sector jobs are brought back to the USA there ain't gonna be any funding for higher education or anything else.