Comments on: An aha moment on higher ed http://toped.svefoundation.org/2010/01/06/an-aha-moment-on-higher-ed/ Analysis, opinion and ruminations on California education policy Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:45:40 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Steve Boilard http://toped.svefoundation.org/2010/01/06/an-aha-moment-on-higher-ed/comment-page-1/#comment-4494 Steve Boilard Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:04:16 +0000 http://educatedguess.org/blog/?p=968#comment-4494 Good points, John. I think the key is to separate the issues. Should we find a way to spend less on prisons? Sure; it's been a rapidly-expanding expense in the state budget. Would it be good to invest more in higher education? Sure; it's a sound investment if we can find the money. But should we lock in arbitrary shares of total state spending for these two sectors into the state Constitution forever more? That makes no sense. The Legislature can already shift funding as the Governor proposes without a Constitutional amendment. Good points, John. I think the key is to separate the issues. Should we find a way to spend less on prisons? Sure; it’s been a rapidly-expanding expense in the state budget. Would it be good to invest more in higher education? Sure; it’s a sound investment if we can find the money. But should we lock in arbitrary shares of total state spending for these two sectors into the state Constitution forever more? That makes no sense. The Legislature can already shift funding as the Governor proposes without a Constitutional amendment.

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