October 9, 1998

Superb Education? Affordable Costs? Try Public Higher Education

By MARY SUE COLEMAN

As president of the University of Iowa, I must often contend with gross undervaluations of public higher education. Fortunately, I relish the opportunity to challenge anyone who proclaims, as a self-evident truth: "If kids don't get into a Yale or an Amherst, their choices in life are going to be limited." But I was saddened to hear a recent graduate of my own university blurt out at an alumni gathering: "Ever since

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