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Editorial Introduction: Higher Education in Its Many Forms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2024

A.J. Angulo*
Affiliation:
School of Education, University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA, USA
Jack Schneider
Affiliation:
College of Education, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, USA
*
Corresponding authors: [email protected]; [email protected]

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2 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Public Universities: Changes in State Funding (Cambridge, MA: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2015), 7, https://www.amacad.org/publication/public-research-universities-changes-state-funding/section/3.

3 Kenneth Niemeyer, “Peter Thiel Doubles Down on His Program to Pay Kids Not to Stay in School,” Business Insider, Feb. 24, 2024, https://www.businessinsider.com/peter-thiel-fellow-program-skip-woke-college-education-2024-2.

4 Frank Newport and Brandon Busteed, “Americans Still See College Education as Very Important,” Gallup, Dec. 17, 2013, https://news.gallup.com/poll/166490/americans-college-education-important.aspx.

5 Tara P. Nicola, “Majority of Gen Z Consider College Education Important,” Gallup, Sept. 14, 2023, https://news.gallup.com/opinion/gallup/509906/majority-gen-consider-college-education-important.aspx.

6 Gallup-Lumina, The State of Higher Education 2024: A Valuable, but Obstructed Path to Great Jobs and Lives, May 2024, p. 2, https://www.gallup.com/analytics/644939/state-of-higher-education.aspx.