Educational Budget Cut

Posted: September 10th, 2013

Educational Budget Cut

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 Educational Budget Cut

Research question

What do University of Wisconsin-Madison students think about educational budget cut?

The dependent variable within this research is the students whose opinion concerning budget on education is what matters. Te research is interested in the opinion of different student concerning the current issue where states have cut back budgets.

The independent valuable in this case is the cutting back of the education budgets by the states, which is varied within the different states as well as across sectors such as the higher education.

Sources

Associated Press. (2012). Walker Says Budget Cuts to Wisconsin will not be permanent. Wisconsin state journal. Retrieved from http://host.madison.com/news/local/education/university/walker-says-budget-cuts-to-uw-will-not-be-permanent/article_c49a4598-e892-11e1-a030-001a4bcf887a.html#ixzz24TVHFLdZ

This article reports about the comments of the state governor concerning the education budget cut where he says it will not be permanent. It further states some of the reasons that the state is cutting back on the education budget,

Doyle, W.R. & Delaney, J.A. (2011). Bouncebacks in Higher Education Funding: Patterns in Length of Time to Recover following Cuts in State Appropriations. University of Wisconsin Madison.

The article states that financing for higher education is dependent on the financial times. It explores the time it takes for funding to resume back to normal after distressing financial times.

Fusarelli, B.C. (2011). Policy Lifeboats for Anticipated (and Continuing) Storms: The Politics of Education in Turbulent Economic Times. Peabody Journal of Education, 86 (3): 352-358.

The author in this article explores the policies of public education and their funding. One of the questions posed concerns the efficacy of the policies and the economic issues making it hard to keep improving education.

Lewin T. (2011, March 2). Public universities seek more autonomy as financing from states shrinks. The New York Times, pp. 1-3.

The article talks about the efforts of the universities in surviving with the dwindling financing from states. With the limited finances, the universities have to come up with means to continue offering quality education.

Lyall, K. (2011). Seeking sustainable public universities: the legacy of the greatest recession. Center for Studies in Higher Education,

The article explains that the public universities were constructed during strong economic times. Currently, their costs have continued to rise, and they have to seek for means of reducing their costs to remain sustainable.

Journal Articles

Doyle, W.R. & Delaney, J.A. (2011). Bouncebacks in Higher Education Funding: Patterns in Length of Time to Recover following Cuts in State Appropriations. University of Wisconsin Madison.

The research question for this research is the length of time it takes for state appropriations to recover for economic hardships. Is the pattern for recovery in state appropriation for higher education changing? The authors seek to find out whether the rate of recovery from the economic crisis for the universities, as well as that of the states, has continued to reduce over time or vice versa. To compile the research, the authors had to compile datasets 47 states. The data is compiled and compared to conclude from any correlation noted. The authors found that the durations it takes to recover have continued to increase over the decades since 1979 to 2007. Each decade has seen an increase in its ability to recover from economic hardships or recessions. The other finding is that states that have higher tuition and centralized governments are more likely to recover slowly. It is probably due to the time it takes for them to make decisions as well as due to the increasing cost of education.

Fusarelli, B.C. (2011). Policy Lifeboats for Anticipated (and Continuing) Storms: The Politics of Education in Turbulent Economic Times. Peabody Journal of Education, 86 (3): 352-358.

In this article, the author explores the current crisis within the American education that continues to make it quite hard to keep improving during the current economic crisis. The author further addresses the issue of education policies that are changing with the changing time especially on the issues of funding public education. The main question here is about the policies within the public educations, their efficiency and efficacy. To explore the topic and issues, the author utilizes a literature review of several sources. Additionally, he conducts a data analysis of the surveys carried out previously. The findings show that schools need to reduce their expenses from inside I order to make their operations efficient with time.

References

Associated Press. (2012). Walker Says Budget Cuts to Wisconsin will not be permanent. Wisconsin state journal. Retrieved from http://host.madison.com/news/local/education/university/walker-says-budget-cuts-to-uw-will-not-be-permanent/article_c49a4598-e892-11e1-a030-001a4bcf887a.html#ixzz24TVHFLdZ

Doyle, W.R. & Delaney, J.A. (2011). Bouncebacks in Higher Education Funding: Patterns in Length of Time to Recover following Cuts in State Appropriations. University of Wisconsin Madison.

Fusarelli, B.C. (2011). Policy Lifeboats for Anticipated (and Continuing) Storms: The Politics of Education in Turbulent Economic Times. Peabody Journal of Education, 86 (3): 352-358.

Lewin T. (2011, March 2). Public universities seek more autonomy as financing from states shrinks. The New York Times, pp. 1-3.

Lyall, K. (2011). Seeking sustainable public universities: the legacy of the greatest recession. Center for Studies in Higher Education,