Several states, including Michigan and New Jersey, run relatively independent public colleges and universities. The paper has led to other calls for charter colleges. If we encouraged rival programs to compete freely for students and resources through the creation or charter colleges, we would go a long way toward solving our problems. Funds could be shifted from these areas for faculty salary increases. Increasing summer term funding has long been a goal of the state board.
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