Iowa lawmakers should focus on the bigger picture of higher education and the problems it finds there in order to ensure a better use of taxpayer dollars and return-on-investment for the state, a policy analyst said Wednesday.
Members of the House Higher Education Committee listened to a presentation by Manhattan Institute policy analyst Neetu Arnold, who discussed the problems of higher education in Iowa and how the Legislature can take a more active role in overseeing university offerings and operations.
The Manhattan Institute is a policy think tank and urban policy magazine publisher described by the Center for Justice & Democracy at New York Law School as “extremely conservative” and “corporate-funded.”
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