In 2018, not only did tuition rates for US higher education hold relatively flat, but US state and local government spending on higher education grew in line with inflation for a total contribution of $99 billion, according to the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association. Government funding for higher education tumbled in the aftermath of the 2007-2008 global financial crisis, but has since rebounded, growing approximately 20 percent in the last 5 years.
Some would argue that while these trends are positive, they are not enough. With an increasing focus on affordable higher education, the question then becomes one of how to protect funding for education and/or identifying additional streams of funding that can help offset tuition fees, for the greater good of the students and the US economy.
The decrease in the national crime rate in the US during the past two decades was insufficient to offset the cost to US taxpayers to manage prisons because of the simultaneous increase in the rate of incarceration during the period. Between 1991 and 2013, the national crime rate fell from 1,311 to 689 offenses per 100,000 people. In absolute terms, 8.5 million fewer crimes were committed in 2013 compared to 1991. While the crime rate decreased, the number of state inmates grew by 200 percent nationwide, reaching a total incarcerated population of 1.6 million in 2008. Another 723,131...
(4 September 2020) Whether you're talking about trade school, associates, or other higher education degrees, the more educated the members of a society, the better. And, yet, President Trump could have cause to not only disagree but to be concerned. The failure of pollsters to adequately account for educational attainment leading into the 2016 US presidential election contributed to a bias in favor of a win for the Democratic Party. 2016 US election exit polls showed that 34 percent of voters were whites without a college degree, however, according to a post-election study of...
ETH Zurich, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, claimed the top spot in the 2016-2017 Times Higher Education World University Ranking of computer science institutions based on its strong performance across all three pillars of the overall score. In teaching alone, the university gained three positions since last year’s ranking. The university is now the only institution from outside the US and the UK to emerge among the top 10 in the overall world university ranking and the top 5 in one of the eight subject-matter rankings. The traditional dominance of world renowned...
(5 October 2020) By late March 2020, educational institutions globally were partially or completely shut down to help contain the spread of COVID-19. Combined with similar approaches from businesses in addition to social distancing, masks and other measures, only temporary containment of the virus was achieved for many countries, COVID case counts resurging for many as restrictions were lifted. Today, hopes for summer and fall 'business as usual' for the world's students have been left unfulfilled. According to UNESCO, educational institutions in 52 countries were closed due to...
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