Privatization and higher education are gaining notice in the public eye and the direct result of this has been protesting at many colleges through out the world. Students are fighting back against the potential shift towards privatization by taking a stand. The fact is that privatization and protests will become more and more common as the shift progresses towards a privatized solution for the growing financial strain on public academic institutions. There are many questions that should be answered and such as who is investing in the institutions, what their motives are, why they are investing, what does private investment mean in the long-term for institutions and in the short-term. Protests and privatization go hand in hand, and currently students and faculty are trying their hardest to change the way things are headed. A quick google search shows close to a hundred different instances of students protesting against budget cuts and privatization. Protesting may be a means for the students of public institutions to defend their institutions from becoming privatized.
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