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MI: Snyder picks prisons over public universities

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

"Universities used to be at about $2 billion in state funding a decade ago. For the next fiscal year, it's $1.2 billion. The Corrections Department, on the other hand, is fat and happy at $2 billion." Snyder picks prisons over public universities By Susan J. Demas Feb. 25, 2011 | In Michigan, we have three main things going for us: the Great Lakes, a strong workforce and one of the best public university systems in the country. Invasive species, pollution and years of neglect have hurt the lakes. The Big Three's near implosion has left us with double-digit unemployment. And politicians have been hell-bent for the last decade to destroy our last asset. They've slashed funding for Michigan's 15 public universities by 18 percent since 2002, not adjusting for inflation...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 27, 2011 (boomark / email).