This post originally appeared on Capital & Main, a Pacific Standard partner site, as “Affluent Private Universities Are Tax Shelters for the Rich."
Many are worried that as public universities gain freedom, they will end up sidelining broader goals such as access and affordability.
Property value displaces tuition as a revenue stream for higher education.
The majority of Americans—both liberal and conservative—want taxes to be progressive, but they're actually quite regressive.
Paying for an education is already a difficult, if not impossible, task for many students. The republican tax bill won't provide any relief.
Members of the University of Chicago Police Department carry guns, make arrests, and patrol tens of thousands of residents unaffiliated with the university—but they don’t have to disclose any information about stops, arrests, and policies. Two Illinois Representatives are finally trying to change that.
How are university students really faring in this environment of rising costs and diminishing opportunities? How do they feel about the future?
