Ethnic Heterogeneity, Group Affinity, and State Higher Education Spending

Autor/inn/en	Foster, John M.; Fowles, Jacob
Titel	Ethnic Heterogeneity, Group Affinity, and State Higher Education Spending
Quelle	In: Research in Higher Education, 59 (2018) 1, S.1-28 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0361-0365
DOI	10.1007/s11162-017-9453-3
Schlagwörter	State Aid; Higher Education; Funding Formulas; State Policy; Data Analysis; Ethnic Groups; Ethnicity; Intergroup Relations; Social Integration; Racial Bias; Racial Integration; Educational Administration; Educational Finance; Finance Reform + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Funding; Finanzierung; Auswertung; Ethnie; Ethnizität; Intergruppenbeziehungen; Soziale Integration; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Rassenintegration; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Bildungsfonds; Financial reform; Finanzreform
Abstract	A rich interdisciplinary literature exists exploring the determinants of state higher education funding policies. However, that work has collectively ignored an important finding from political economy literature: namely, that citizens' preferences regarding public spending are strongly influenced by the state's ethnic and racial context. Drawing on a unique panel of state-level data covering the years 1982-2009, we find that states demarcated by increased racial and ethnic diversity and eroding white majorities do tend to spend less on subsidies to public higher education, resulting in decreased state appropriations as well as more tepid support for financial aid programs. Critically, however, we find that the negative effects of increased ethnic and racial fractionalization can be mitigated--and in some circumstances, fully offset--by a high degree of positive social interaction between ethnic and racial groups. These results are discussed within the pragmatic context of continued state emphasis on degree attainment as a mechanism to foster economic growth as well as broader considerations about equality and social justice. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01