What should state universities do if governments keep decreasing their assistance in terms of funding the schools?
What does the gold standard mean? What should institutions such as CUNY do in order to reach this gold standard?
Will lowering the amount of research institutions make it more possible for public universities to maintain their tuition costs?

Do private education institutions in New York provide for more jobs than public institutions?
In is interesting to note the trend: for Texas  and California more of the jobs come out of public institutions rather than private institutions. However for New York City, more jobs come out of private institutions. Why do you think the trend differs for NYC? Might it have to do with the fact that California and Texas have stronger systems of public higher education?
Is receiving an undergraduate degree enough to make a decent living in this economic recession? 
Do students end up providing for most of an institutions economic needs or does a bulk of this assistance come from endowments?

Does the government neglect the amount of money needed to support higher education institutions? Do they tend to spend their money on other parts of American life which they deem as more important? 

Will faculty want to continue working in these institutions if they have such heavy workloads and wage cuts?
Instead of increasing existing faculty member’s workloads, should universities hire graduate students to teach classes?
Will eliminating small classes allow for curriculum audit?
How does a university make sure that their budget plan is followed thoroughly?
Which services and functions can be taken out of institutions in order to lower costs?

Do you think that students at lower cost universities can receive just as excellent of an education as more expensive universities?
Can universities still hire great faculty and not maintain such high tuition costs?
Can the part time faculty provide for as great of a learning experience as full time faculty?

Are online degree courses offering competition for residential colleges?
How do universities convince students to pay higher tuition if they can get the same quality of education for a fraction of the price?                                                                                             Can a good quality education be supported by lower tuition costs?

Do some institutions function more as businesses rather than as institutions of higher education?
How do public institutions support themselves in a recession? Do they have any choice but to raise tuition for students?
Do some research universities “cop out” by using graduate students to teach their freshman and seniors at the same time expecting their students to pay high tuition?
Are cheaper universities just as “efficient” as Harvard?
Are middle class families the ones who suffer the most in terms of the aid their children receive? The wealthy have the money to pay for college and a majority of the time, the poor receive a generous amount of aid so what does that leave for middle class families?
Johnstone claims that regional universities are in the most financial trouble. Should these universities cut back on research to relieve some financial burden?                                         These articles made me think about the recent claims that NYU gives an unnecessary amount of its money to its faculty members (for covering their expenses on things as mortgage or car insurance). Why do private colleges feel the need to spend so much of its money on paying professors?