tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post5310410490926959347..comments2024-02-16T09:00:32.845-06:00Comments on FromDC2Iowa: Random Thoughts on Tuition-Free Iowa UniversitiesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post-26366631409645066392016-03-17T15:20:18.175-05:002016-03-17T15:20:18.175-05:00What is meant by "tuition-free"? Here is...What is meant by "tuition-free"? Here is one author's attempt to name and illustrate nine different definitions of the concept. <a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/world-view/typology-%E2%80%9Cfree-tuition%E2%80%9D" rel="nofollow">Alex Usher, "A Typology of “Free Tuition,”</a> <i>Inside Higher Ed</i> (online), March 13, 2016.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08467682953748756539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post-20255284243315453412016-03-16T16:07:29.906-05:002016-03-16T16:07:29.906-05:00Elseesea: Thanks for that comment. Just read the W...Elseesea: Thanks for that comment. Just read the WaPo piece; it's absolutely related.<br /><br />For other readers, here's a quote from it:<br /><br />"The higher education model should be a warning to what is in store for public K-12 educators. During the last 20 years, tenured faculty positions in universities have remained frozen, even in the face of dramatic growth in student enrollment, while administrative positions have proliferated and administrative salaries have skyrocketed. Students have not benefited. More and more are graduating with huge debt that they are unlikely to liquidate in a tight labor market.<br /><br />"But faculty have been hit even harder. The only growth in faculty hiring has been in the area of part time, or adjunct faculty, who were nearly 50 percent of the teaching staff in higher education in 2015, according to a report by the American Association of University Professors."<br /><br />NickNickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08467682953748756539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post-48533254424296788002016-03-14T12:31:05.606-05:002016-03-14T12:31:05.606-05:00Nick: Hope all is well. Former student of yours he...Nick: Hope all is well. Former student of yours here. Anyway, great thoughts in your post, however random. Reminds me of a slightedly related topic discussed here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/03/11/professor-why-i-am-incredibly-pessimistic-about-the-future-of-public-education/SiiickBruhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12813803088189993879noreply@blogger.com