Higher Ed/The Great American Jobs Scam

Funding Higher Ed: Last week’s budget negotiations were held up by a debate about tuition. N.C. lawmakers proposed allowing two state universities, N.C. State and U.N.C. Chapel Hill, to set their tuitions independently of the state university system. The proposal died, but the debate about how to fund higher education in North Carolina continues. Host Melinda Penkava talks with Hannah Gage, vice president of the budget and finance committee of the U.N.C. Board of Governors; George Leef, executive director of the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy; Karin Fischer, reporter for the Chronicle of Higher Education; and Zack Wynne, president of the U.N.C. Association of Student Governments. Listener Call-In.

The Great American Jobs Scam: State governments commonly use incentives and tax breaks to entice corporations to move to their state. The hope is that the corporations will bring jobs and vitality to local economies. But does that happen? Host Melinda Penkava talks with author Greg Leroy about his new book, ‘The Great American Jobs Scam: Corporate Tax Dodging and the Myth of Job Creation’ (Berrett-Koehler/2005).

Higher Ed Funding
The Great American Jobs Scam

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