The Looming Decline of the Public Research University
I&#x27;m not really sure what to make of this article, as I&#x27;m currently a 4th-year student at the main subject, Ohio State. Perhaps as an undergraduate, I am divorced from the specific administrative and funding roadblocks plaguing research faculty, but in my day-to-day activities I see little in the way of a hurting OSU. The university this past year revamped the student living situation on north campus [1][2]. The university is expanding at a feverish pace because students <i>want</i> to come here; we are gaining recognition beyond being simply a football school and aspiring high school students are not considering OSU to be nearly the backup school it once was. Sure, it isn&#x27;t as flashy to tell your relatives you go to OSU as opposed to MIT or Harvard, but it&#x27;s not the disappointment most used to consider it to be.<p>This article exposes much that I&#x27;ve been ignorant to as an undergrad, but it feels to blow some issues out of proportion. Sure, we don&#x27;t nearly have as much funding as private universities, but that&#x27;s par for the course for a public university which offers cheap tuition for local students, and is generous with its scholarships.<p>And many educated students leave for &quot;greener pastures&quot; upon graduation, but that also feels natural to me. Most students who come here are from Ohio, and so once they get that diploma, it opens doors in the entire country which they are hungry to pursue.<p>Maybe I&#x27;m just a bit too thick to see the apocalypse the author is foretelling.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dispatch.com&#x2F;content&#x2F;stories&#x2F;home_and_garden&#x2F;2016&#x2F;08&#x2F;21&#x2F;ohio-colleges-new-dorms-encourage-interaction-outside-rooms-not-luxury-perks.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dispatch.com&#x2F;content&#x2F;stories&#x2F;home_and_garden&#x2F;2016...</a>
[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.thelantern.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;02&#x2F;new-residence-halls-set-for-north-campus&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.thelantern.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;02&#x2F;new-residence-halls-set-f...</a>