Alumni and Friends: La Follette Notes: Fall 2006

Lyall's book explores university privatization

Since retiring as president of the University of Wisconsin System president in 2004, former La Follette School faculty member Katharine Lyall has published a book on the de facto privatization of America's public universities, why its happening and what it means for the future of public universities, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Lyall wrote the book, The True Genius of America at Risk: Are We Losing Our Public Universities to de Facto Privatization?, with Kathleen Sell.

"Our purpose is to stimulate a public dialogue about what public universities must do to surmount the simplistic arguments about whether tuition is too high, whether financial aid is too low, etc.," Lyall says.

Index for La Follette Notes fall 2006