We have watched as state after state cuts funding for higher education, and public universities counter with tuition increases. Is the end of this cycle a system that is losing its international competitive edge? Seventy faculty leaders from 21 states think there’s a crisis ahead and plan to do something about it. The movement is called the “Campaign for the Future of Higher Education,” and it is supported by the American Association of University Professors and other university-affiliated organizations. Its purpose is to start a grass-roots movement to “construct a positive counter-narrative in the national debate over the future of American higher education at a time when public higher education is at great risk.”
| What Kids Are Reading |
| This weekly column will look at lists of books kids are reading in various categories. Information on the books below came from Amazon.com’s list of bestsellers for children. They are listed in order of popularity. |
| Books on Spring |
| 1. It’s Spring by Linda Glaser (Ages 4-8) |
| 2. Everything Spring by Jill Esbaum (Ages 4-8) |
| 3. Splish, Splash, Spring by Jan Carr and Dorothy Donohue (Baby-preschool) |
| 4. Spring by Nuria Roca (Ages 4-8) |
| 5. How Do You Know It’s Spring? by Allan Fowler (Ages 4-8) |
| 6. Mouse’s First Spring by Lauren Thompson and Buket Erdogan (Baby-preschool) |
| 7. Spring Things by Bob Raczka and Judy Stead (Ages 4-8) |
| 8. Hurray for Spring by Patricia Hubbell (Ages 4-8) |
So far the movement has published a platform of seven guiding principles, plans a day of “action” on April 13, and will hold a press conference at the National Press Club in D.C. on May 17 to formally launch its efforts. So how revolutionary is this grass-roots campaign?
