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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: Healthy Society Series: Rich Lyons on Public Higher Education at the Crossroads
Description: After decades of strong governmental and public support, and despite strong evidence supporting the societal and individual benefits of a college degree, American public higher education is confronting a multi-layered crisis of confidence and funding. While the need remains for all that public higher education has to offer, the sector’s very mission and purpose have become the subject of political debate and disagreement, even as state funding levels fail to keep pace with rising costs, and changes in federal policies threaten public universities’ long-standing missions and values.
UC Berkeley’s new chancellor, Rich Lyons, is working to lau...