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How Austerity Politics Led to Tuition Charges at the University of California and City University of New York

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Abstract

The size and cost of US public higher education, funded largely by government, grew continuously for nearly twenty-five years after World War II. In the late 1960s, as the nation's economic growth slowed, the question of who should pay for higher education came under fresh political scrutiny. Decades-old no-tuition policies at the University of California and The City University of New York (CUNY) became targets of neoconservative critiques of the proper role of government support for public services. In California, this was done as Governor Ronald Reagan promoted a partisan austerity to win favor with business and other conservative elites. He justified cuts to higher education financing as a rebuke of protesting students and inept administrators and, later, as financially necessary given voters’ reluctance to pay more taxes. In contrast, federal and New York State politicians forced austerity on city leaders to satisfy bond holders during New York City's severe fiscal crisis. Reformers argued that CUNY's no-tuition policy was emblematic of the city's overindulgence of its residents. No-tuition policies became impossible to defend in the context of the stalled economy and growing conservative movement, whose members embraced government austerity.

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modern conservatismhigher educationAmerican politicsausteritytuitionfiscal policy
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History of Education Quarterly , Volume 61 , Issue 3 , August 2021 , pp. 273 - 296
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86 Maurice Carroll, “Mayor Bids State Aid CUNY More: Asks End to 50–50 Formula, Citing City Fiscal Crisis,” New York Times, Dec. 6, 1970, 41.

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93 Paula-Ray Mandl, letter to the editor, “Tuition at C.U.N.Y.,” New York Times, Jan. 28, 1972, 44; Alan Shark and Susan Chadick, letter to the editor, “The C.U.N.Y. Tuition Battle: Should the Doors Stay Wide Open,” New York Times, March 29, 1973, 46; Hearing to Discuss Higher Education in New York State, the Recommendations of the Keppel Task Force Commission Report, 160. Some SUNY students used the imbalance between CUNY and SUNY's tuition policies as leverage to demand the cancelation of student tuition at SUNY.

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95 Richard Reeves, “A Lesson on Just Where the Political Power Lies: City-State,” New York Times, April 4, 1971, E2; and Francis X. Clines, “State Aid Needed to Avert a Crisis, Big 6 Mayors Say,” New York Times, Feb. 18, 1971, 1.

96 Frank Lynn, “Governor Warns Mayor on Budget,” New York Times, June 30, 1971, 1; and William Farrell, “Big 6 Mayors Plead for Aid in Annual Albany Visit,” New York Times, Feb. 10, 1972, 47.

97 Richard Reeves, “Tax Plan Called a Threat to City: Citizens Budget Commission Assails Lindsay Proposal,” New York Times, May 26, 1971, 1.

98 New York Times Staff, “Carey Will Work for Free Tuition,” New York Times, July 28, 1974, 40.

99 Phillips-Fein, Fear City, 45.

100 Frank Lynn, “Survey Finds New Yorkers Optimistic on City's Future,” New York Times, Jan. 14, 1974, 1, 18.

101 Frank Lynn, “More in City Are Turning to the Right,” New York Times, Jan. 15, 1974, 1, 26.

102 Shefter, Political Crisis/Fiscal Crisis, 106.

103 Phillips-Fein, Fear City, 81–82.

104 Shefter, Political Crisis/Fiscal Crisis, 154; and O'Connor, “The Privatized City,” 345.

105 Phillips-Fein, Fear City, 162–163.

106 O'Connor, “The Privatized City,” 347.

107 Iver Peterson, “Carey Easing Opposition to Tuition Fees at City U,” New York Times, Dec. 20, 1975, 32.

108 Rita E. Hauser, “Rethinking Open Admissions,” New York Times, June 23, 1975, 27.

109 Shefter, Political Crisis/Fiscal Crisis, 114, Table 5.1.

110 New York Times Staff, “A Plan for CUNY,” New York Times, Oct. 20, 1975, 32; and William John Hanna, letter to the editor, New York Times, Sept. 23, 1975, 36.

111 Franklin H. Williams, letter to the editor, “To Study at CUNY,” New York Times, July 8, 1975, 25; and Michael Harrington, editorial, “Keep Open Admissions Open,” New York Times, Nov. 2, 1975, 261.

112 New York Times Staff, “Councilmen Urge City U. Economies,” New York Times, Jan. 26, 1976, 19.

113 Steven R. Weisman, “Governor Is Considering a Session on Fiscal Panel,” New York Times, Aug. 30, 1975, 47.

114 Phillips-Fein, Fear City, 153.

115 Phillips-Fein, Fear City, 253.

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117 Prasad, Starving the Beast; and Martin, Permanent Tax Revolt, 129–130.

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