“According to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ recently completed Lincoln Project report, between 2008 and 2013 states reduced financial support to top public research universities by close to 30 percent. At the same time, these states increased support of prisons by more than 130 percent”
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/04/the-pillaging-of-americas-state-universities/47...
