I was on the Texas Tribune's website earlier, and what did I see headlining the home page? Why, another article about how Texas universities don't get enough funding. However, I find this article to be more unique than ones from the past because this article features the Texas constitution's intake on how the state legislature should provide to keep these schools running.
But, there are arguments being made that the constitution didn't specify how to provide, or by how much to provide for our educational institutions.
Anyway, I will have to agree (again) and say that Texas obviously doesn't have collegiate education high in her list of priorities. I find the bit in the article of how tuition rose between 1985 to 2012 to be very astonishing. Verbatim about the rise of tuition in UT-Austin: "Tuition made up five percent of the school's budget in 1984-1985; now it's 25 percent."
1/4th of the school's budget will come from the tuition of it's students, and I'm almost certain that a huge some of that 25 percent will be paid in student loans -- so the institution won't get that money at the drop of a hat.
Or a much more appropriate idiom, at the drop of a dime.
I don't know how to fix the hiking tuition rates, but I do know that Texas legislators need to keep better track of what they spend or invest in. I'll even say that education -- of any level -- needs to be a priority, not an option. It seems that all these politicians claim to support Texas education, well I say put my tax paying money where your mouth is.
In regards to The Texan Bugle commentary on "College Funding...", I found this article pretty interesting, you would think that when it comes to money and funding from the state of Texas , especially when it involves the Constitution, that piece of paper that states the system of fundamental laws and principles that signs the functions, and limits of a government or institution, they would really focus on important things.
ReplyDeleteMostly people ascertain about all the funding that is provided for planned parenthood and voter ID regulations etc. But when it comes down to something that I think a lot of people, including people in Texas believe is something important and a right to have the government seem to have trouble understanding how or how much funding they should "provide".
I previously wrote a blog about the Texas school Financial Lawsuit that began in October and is still on going. This shows how people in Texas, people directly from the schools, are getting agitated on how this issue is being dealt with.
I think an issue like this should have been dealt with much earlier. With Texas' astonishing growth in population this issue should be re-reviews through out the years, so that the Texas Legislature does indeed provide enough for all grades of education. Hopefully the governor and the Texas Legislature can sort things out and if they can provide adequately.