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73. I can see your point.

Why do you think that state colleges are not being adequately funded? It might be that the general public sees those universities simply as party schools or as four-year vacation spots for budding "elites" or as something akin to what is portrayed in Animal House. Filter that through conservative legislatures and their associated misconceptions about college education, and I think we end up somewhere near the current situation.

The tight connection between universities and sports in this country might foster those uninformed attitudes. This does not even address whether student/athletes are treated fairly. That is an entirely separate discussion.

Also, this does not even address how higher education should be approached in this country, but achieving a system like in Germany seems to only lie in the distant future if even then.