Des Moines Register: Iowa Universities Slipping Funding Support Relative to Peers

[Cypow]

Objective and well-written response to misinformation around Iowa's funding of higher education:

Opinion: Iowa State, University of Iowa, far from 'bloated,' fall behind relative to their peers in state support

Former educator: The universities are not bloated by any objective measure. In fact, their quality has been threatened by static or declining funding.

www.desmoinesregister.com

 

[dirtyninety]

First.
"Misinformation"...is that a 2020 or a 2021 word? I wonder what the 2022 word will be.

 

[cayin]

Objective and well-written response to misinformation around Iowa's funding of higher education:

Opinion: Iowa State, University of Iowa, far from 'bloated,' fall behind relative to their peers in state support

Former educator: The universities are not bloated by any objective measure. In fact, their quality has been threatened by static or declining funding.

www.desmoinesregister.com

Refusing to fund the state Universities at level with our peers is absolutely pathetic and extremly short sided.

 

[BCClone]

not much information there to really analyze much. Didn’t see a link to all the details, just stuff that he wrote. His premise may be spot on or way off base without the full numbers.

 

[Acylum]

Refusing to fund the state Universities at level with our peers is absolutely pathetic and extremly short sided.

This only strengthens your argument. Lol.

 

[Cypow]

not much information there to really analyze much. Didn’t see a link to all the details, just stuff that he wrote. His premise may be spot on or way off base without the full numbers.

It's well established - and easily quantifiable - that Iowa universities are underfunded relative to their peers. Not exactly a matter of debate; it's objective information that you can easily find with a few quick Google searches.

Not to mention the IPEDS data is linked within the first two paragraphs of the column.

 

[Cypow]

First.
"Misinformation"...is that a 2020 or a 2021 word? I wonder what the 2022 word will be.

If you prefer "outright lies" then that works as well. Thanks for contributing to the conversation.

 

[BCClone]

It's well established - and easily quantifiable - that Iowa universities are underfunded relative to their peers. Not exactly a matter of debate; it's objective information that you can easily find with a few quick Google searches.

The article said we were 27th out of 77. Is everyone but the top 1-2 underfunded? Were we overfunded when we were 6 out of 77? Those are the guidelines for the article. I am curious what standing is considered appropriate then. Top third apparently is not.

 

[Cypow]

The article said we were 27th out of 77. Is everyone but the top 1-2 underfunded? Were we overfunded when we were 6 out of 77? Those are the guidelines for the article. I am curious what standing is considered appropriate then. Top third apparently is not.

That metric only applies to appropriations per student. Given our closest "peers" in that ranking would be Ball State and UIC (two universities which we all can agree are on a very different level from ISU), I think it's safe to say that this metric reflects very poorly on Iowa State.