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President to higher ed: cut costs
In his first State of the Union address last night, President Obama touched upon one key ACTA issue directly, and raised another one indirectly. In his remarks on education, the President recognized the role that colleges and universities have to play in making higher education "more affordable":
it's time for colleges and universities to get serious about cutting their own costs because they, too, have a responsibility to help solve this problem.
As universities hire and ever-expanding army of administrators, and as tuition increases continue to spiral out of control causing two-thirds of college freshmen to worry about their ability to pay for their degrees, ACTA welcomes the President's belt-tightening message.
The President also returned to one of his campaign promises when he pledged to work this year to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Many of our elite universities continue to invoke DADT to justify their opposition to on-campus ROTC programs and it will be interesting to see, if the law is repealed, whether they will adopt a more welcoming attitude toward the military.
On the question of a ROTC participation, as on the need to cut costs, the buck of course ultimately stops with the trustees. They are the key levers of change and they have the fiduciary authority to act--now.
Posted by David Azerrad on January 28, 2010 at January 28, 2010 03:06 PM
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