The article explores how libraries can play a strategic role in tackling higher education’s affordability crisis. It positions libraries as an overlooked tool for reducing costs and increasing access to educational resources. Three specific methods are highlighted to achieve these goals.
Key Points
- Libraries as cost-cutting lever in higher ed
- Expanding access to educational materials
- Strategic ways to solve affordability issues
Implications for Educational Freedom
By making higher education more affordable through libraries, this could enhance educational freedom and parental empowerment by reducing reliance on costly institutions and government aid. It indirectly supports school choice by broadening access options without increasing overreach.
Source: The library’s next chapter: a strategic role in solving higher education’s affordability crisis