In the 1980s, Nebraska’s public universities received just over 20% of the state’s annual budget. Today they receive under 15%. Tell your senator that post-secondary education is a public good!

Please remind your senator that higher education (both public and private):

• is the only way to boost Nebraska’s economy over the long term;
• contributes to the state’s high quality of life ratings;
• reduces the “brain drain” of young people leaving the state;
• and provides Nebraska with the next generation of political and business leaders.

For more information on the decline of state funding for the NU system, see:
Melissa Lee, “Perlman: Investment in Higher Education Critical,” Lincoln Journal Star, 6/27/2009.