guest_writer 0 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Over the last quarter century, Americans got used to the idea of their children going on to colleges and universities. In the early 1970s, about 8.5 million Americans attended such institutions; by 2004 the number had doubled. The US population across this time rose by less than 50%. This spectacular growth in our student population reflected the pent-up d... Rick 11938 false false false false 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Wolff 12163 1999 0 1 Public Higher Education the-decline-of-public-higher-education-by-rick-wolff The Decline of Public Higher Education 2009-09-24T04:55:39Z 11021