Download or read book Deregulation and Higher Education written by Michelle Camou and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prosperous regions are educated regions. Ohio's relatively low share of residents with college degrees has concerned one governor after the other and proposals for managing Ohio's university system have differed substantially. The Kasich administration's higher education proposal, the "Enterprise University Plan for Ohio," is based on the idea that (1) cost savings ensue from deregulation of university management; (2) university administrators respond to these hypothetical savings by committing to expanding college enrollment and graduation, tuition affordability, and closing higher education gaps; and (3) such commitments can reverse or alter decades of performance. This report summarizes a study that compared trends on enrollment, graduation, affordability, and low-income student participation across highly deregulated states like Colorado and Virginia; partially regulated approaches like in Illinois, New Jersey, and Texas; and coordinated systems as in Kentucky, Maryland, and Minnesota. Key findings include: (1) A stronger higher education system has been crucial to Ohio's development; (2) Leaders have proposed deregulating Ohio universities and reducing state control; (3) Reducing state control over higher education has not improved outcomes in other states; (4) Inflation-adjusted tuition increased by 89 percent at flagship schools over ten years in the most deregulated states; and (5) To increase access and completion, and control tuition, Ohio must commit to adequate funding. [For the full report, see ED573531.].