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               Long               before               he               was               a               vampire               hunter,               Abraham               Lincoln               pushed               hard               for               higher               education.

While               the               latter               subject               isn't               a               hit               movie,               there's               some               actual               evidence               for               this.

But               150               years               after               Lincoln's               heavy               promotion               of               collegiate               learning,               how               do               we               feel               the               role               of               higher               education.

Is               it               a               right,               or               a               privilege?

A               Carnegie               Corporation               poll               shows               that               people               feel               it               is               a               right,               even               during               the               war               on               terrorism               and               fears               about               big               budgets.
               There               seems               to               be               a               connection               between               the               connection               between               higher               education               promotion               and               conflict.

During               the               Civil               War,               President               Lincoln               signed               into               law               the               Morrill               Act               in               1862.

This               bill,               named               for               its               primary               advocate               (a               Vermont               Congressman),               was               instrumental               in               making               collegiate               education               a               national               goal.

It               helped               with               the               founding               of               M.I.T.,               the               University               of               Wisconsin               at               Madison,               Cornell               University,               and               nearly               70               other               schools.
               We               don't               know               if               Lincoln               had               a               hand               in               ferrying               silver               via               the               Underground               Railroad               to               Northern               troops               to               gun               down               Confederate               vampires               (as               seen               in               the               film               "Abraham               Lincoln:               Vampire               Hunter".

But               we               do               know               that               during               that               time,               he               was               creating               the               National               Academy               of               Sciences.

It               is               probably               because               Lincoln               realized               the               importance               of               science               not               only               in               elections,               but               also               in               battlefield               technology,               something               that               gave               his               forces               the               edge               over               the               better               military               officers               the               South               had.
               Few               pieces               of               legislation               have               as               much               bipartisan               support               in               our               nation's               history               (then               and               now)               as               the               G.

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Bill               that               sent               so               many               veterans               to               college               after               World               War               II.

It               was               renewed               and               boosted               after               9/11,               though               for-profit               colleges               are               the               prime               beneficiaries.
               But               in               more               recent               years,               with               budget               pressures               on               national,               state               and               local               budgets,               the               appetite               for               continued               funding               of               college               education               appears               to               wane               for               many               legislators               and               chief               executives               in               politics.

Is               that               attitude               shared               by               members               of               the               public?
               A               Carnegie               Corporation               poll               showed               that               76               percent               of               Americans               feel               higher               education               is               a               right,               with               about               half               of               those               surveyed               supporting               this               view               intensely.

Given               the               overwhelming               evidence               showing               how               higher               education               graduates               outperform               their               counterparts               with               some               or               no               college               in               earnings               over               a               lifetime,               it's               no               surprise.
               But               should               it               be               a               "right?"               Even               college               professors               are               split               on               the               subject.

"Some               students               in               my               classes               aren't               ready               for               higher               education,"               a               professor               in               the               sciences               told               me.

"At               the               same               time,               I               know               some               people               who               aren't               in               college               who               should               be.

They               just               couldn't               afford               it."
               Sure               enough,               that               same               Carnegie               Corporation               survey               showed               two-thirds               listed               education               funding               as               the               biggest               barrier               to               higher               education.
               Few               would               want               to               admit               that               they               aren't               ready               for               college,               but               even               at               our               private               institution               we               have               students               who               clearly               aren't               ready               for               higher               education.

Colleagues               at               state               institutions               report               that               it's               even               worse.
               We               have               students               who               have               been               prepped               for               standardized               multiple               choice               tests,               and               little               else.

They're               not               ready               for               the               writing               papers,               taking               tests               with               essay               components,               word               problems               for               math,               and               giving               class               presentations               that               resemble               the               professional               presentations               of               the               business               world.
               But,               to               use               a               metaphor               from               today's               war               on               terrorism,               "you               don't               fight               with               the               army               you               want;               you               fight               with               the               army               you               have."               Those               words               from               George               W.

Bush's               Defense               Secretary               Donald               Rumsfeld,               illustrate               the               challenges               we               have               in               higher               education.
               Fix               "No               Child               Left               Behind               Act"               and               bring               back               the               kind               of               learning               students               will               need               in               the               real               world               (instead               of               easily               manipulated               bubble-in               the               answer               multiple               choice               tests)               and               hold               the               line               on               higher               education               funding               in               these               tough               economic               times,               if               you               can.

We'll               do               our               part               to               prepare               these               students               for               the               global               challenges               of               today               and               tomorrow.







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