>That's only very recently, right? Like mostly post-2008. No, it also dates back to the '80s. Partly this was political: right-wing state governments wanted t

>That's only very recently, right? Like mostly post-2008. No, it also dates back to the '80s. Partly this was political: right-wing state governments wanted to crush those damned hippies. It was also demographic: states had major obligations to fund, like tax-cuts for Baby Boomers and pensions for state worker, so public higher-ed got the cut.