After all, the market has *vast* resources. It isn't an accident that probably the most marketized university system the (USA's), by one ranking system has a stunning 22 of the top 30 research universities and 30 of the top 50. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_Ranking_of_World_Universities … 9/25
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And finally 4) there needs to be a concerted effort to explain *to voters* (not students!) the benefits that having world class universities provides for them even if they do not attend those universities or any university or college at all. 20/25
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Every academic field needs to be asking itself, "how do I justify what we do to someone who will never take my classes?" It can be done! I do it with the humanities broadly here: https://acoup.blog/2020/07/03/collections-the-practical-case-on-why-we-need-the-humanities/ … 21/25
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Beyond that, the university needs to make the same argument as an institution. And it isn't a hard argument to make, generally. Take North Carolina. NC is not a rich state - we're about 40th (out of 50). But NC has a bunch of world-class universities and a good... 22/25
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...overall state university system, mostly because the state invested in that (and also Duke exists, I guess...). And it just isn't hard to look at where economic growth is happening in NC, and to look at NC's growth compared to neighboring states, to see the impact. 23/25
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The UNC system is pretty clearly a good investment for the state in the long run. We need to be defending it on those grounds because we can't rely on 'elite consensus' about the value of higher education to get funding anymore. 24/25
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And that is my long-winded point: the glory days of research being funded because the state and elite wanted it are 1) not that glorious and 2) over. We need to focus on building public support, which means explaining the value to folks who will not attend out schools. end/25
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Making higher education a major export could mean giving up on export controls on sensitive or dual use technologies. Being dependent on foreign money can lead to a different attitude to foreign politics, one that conflicts with the state's position.
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There's not a lot of dual-use risks for undergraduates and there are already systems in place for graduate and post-graduate researchers, actually. Also, sure, cultural exchange means foreign ideas come in with their students, but the home turf advantage seems decisive.
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