Mailbag: We Answer Critiques of Our Graphic on Public Higher Education

By Jonah Newman. Two weeks ago The Chronicle published a special report on the forces that have led to the gradual decline in support for public higher education over the past three decades. Two reporters, Karin Fischer and Jack Stripling, explored the trend through the eyes of six people who have played parts in that change. This accompanying graphic shows the change in the share of higher-education costs carried by states versus students in all 50 states since the late 1980s. More...