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TO THE EDITOR:

The article “Education economics evaluated” on May 16 did nothing to challenge the rightist ideology of investment that has been taken for granted in recent discussions of higher education’s value.

Education, at the individual or state level, should not be subordinated to profit. Nowhere does UNC’s mission statement mention funding, or budgets, or economic returns on our investment of knowledge and scholarly effort. This institution commits itself to being a “center for research, scholarship and creativity,” not a center for profit.

Concerns for the UNC system’s financial yield divert us from our commitment to “enhance the quality of life for all people in the state.” The politicians on Jones Street leading the attack on higher education speak for their campaign donors, not the people of North Carolina.

Sarah-Kathryn Bryan ’15
Women’s and gender studies

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