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+====State cuts have led tuition to spike harming the ability of students to enter college, especially those who come from low income backgrounds or are people of color – The impact is a blow to the national economy because a college degree is a crucial internal link to working in a skilled job, decreasing health care costs, and bringing greater wealth to local communities==== |
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+**Mitchell et al 16** (Report published by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; authors were Michael Mitchell (State Budget and Tax), Michael Leachman (State Budget and Tax), and Kathleen Masterson, "Funding Down, Tuition Up: State Cuts to Higher Education Threaten Quality and Affordability at Public Colleges", http://www.cbpp.org/research/state-budget-and-tax/funding-down-tuition-up, EmmieeM) |
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+Years of cuts in state funding for public colleges and universities have driven up tuition |
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+the start of the recession will make it more difficult to achieve those goals |
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+====The only thing keeping graduation rates stable is financial aid —- allows students to study full-time, encourages academic progress, and is the only way low-income students can afford to enroll==== |
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+**Johnson 14** (Hans Johnson – supported by the College Access Foundation of California and writing for the Public Policy Institute of California, "Making College Possible for Low-Income Students: Grant and Scholarship Aid in California", http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/report/R'1014HJR.pdf, pg. 20-24, EmmieeM) |
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+Students fail to complete college for many reasons, including financial constraints. Certainly it |
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+earn a degree if they first enroll at a four-year college. |
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+====There’s a contradiction within government policy —- restricting free speech may be unconstitutional, but not doing so causes public colleges to lose federal funding under Title IX==== |
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+**Bernstein 3** (David E. Bernstein – George Mason University Foundation Professor of Law with a focus on constitutional history, "You Can’t Say That: The Growing Threat to Civil Liberties From Antidiscrimination Laws", "Censoring Campus Speech", https://books.google.com/books?id=zU2QAAAAQBAJandpg=PA60andlpg=PA60anddq=public+colleges+could+lose+funding+if+they+allow+for+racistsandsource=blandots=W67N5E3bznandsig=xXeBW8YaTy'Ilb34MIbu-grciy4andhl=enandsa=Xandved=0ahUKEwiBoqTkn'nQAhVBjFQKHcc7CIkQ6AEITDAI~~#v=onepageandq=public20colleges20could20lose20funding20if20they20allow20for20racistsandf=false, pg. 60-61, EmmieeM) |
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+Given these constitutional barriers, public university speech codes were on the way out until |
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+Amendment, then so can they. Unfortunately, they may be right. |
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+====Federal funding is used to maintain financial aid resources and colleges are only growing more dependent on it as state funding goes down==== |
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+**Pew 15** (The Pew Charitable Trusts – compiles evidence and non-partisan analysis to inform the public and create better public policy, "Federal and State Funding of Higher Education: A Changing Landscape", http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/issue-briefs/2015/06/federal-and-state-funding-of-higher-education, EmmieeM) |
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+States and the federal government have long provided substantial funding for higher education, but |
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+, while state funds primarily pay for the general operations of public institutions. |
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+====College credentials are crucial to social mobility and national economic growth – affects everything from health insurance to better marriages to lower unemployment rates==== |
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+**White House 14** (Report by the Executive Office of the President, "Increasing College Opportunity for Low-Income Students: Promising Models and a Call to Action", pgs. 10 – 11, https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/white'house'report'on'increasing'college'opportunity'for'low-income'students'1-16-2014'final.pdf, EmmieeM) |
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+The benefits of postsecondary education are well documented and have major implications for economic growth |
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+their chances of moving out of the bottom increase by 50 percent.39 |