The Great Mistake: How We Wrecked Public Universities, and How We Can Fix Them

Event Date: 

Monday, November 7, 2016 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm

Event Location: 

  • Room 165
  • Thompson Library
  • Ohio State University
  • Lecture/Workshop

The results of the private funding experiment are in: it has hurt public universities rather than helped them. This talk will lay out the issue, argue that 2016 has brought a sea-change in our hopes for and understand of public universities, and outline how we can make them more accessible, affordable, exciting, and socially valuable than ever before.