Summary:
Every day, it seems, brings a new national news story about higher education. Beyond the headlines, the crisis in higher education poses economic and other risks to state and local governments that support and are supported by universities, colleges and professional schools. Touro University’s Patricia Salkin and Albany Law School’s Jenean Taranto explore these risks in a forthcoming article in State and Local News, published by the American Bar Association: Higher Education is in Crisis Putting Local Governments at Risk by Patricia Salkin, Jenean Taranto :: SSRN.
Provost Salkin and Associate Dean Taranto discuss their article in this Touro Law Review podcast. They describe how institutions of higher education boost the economies of state and local governments by, among other things, contributing to a stable real estate market and supporting “local stores, restaurants, hotels and other attractions in the areas where campuses are located.” Salkin and Taranto also discuss how recent executive orders, as well as the proposed College Cost Reduction Act, may affect the economies of state and local governments.
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Learn More About Patricia Salkin:
Patricia Salkin is the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost for the Graduate and Professional Divisions at Touro University. Previously she was, among other things, Dean of Touro Law Center from 2012 through 2016. Salkin holds and has held many leadership positions, including past co-chair of the NYS Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar. She was a member of the City Bar’s Task Force on New Lawyers in a Changing Profession and is a past chair of the American Association of Law School’s State & Local Government Law Section and also of ABA State and Local Government Section. Salkin also is the author of hundreds of books, articles and columns. Salkin recently received the 2025 William A. Kaplin Award recognizing her scholarship in the field of higher education and the law.
Learn More About Jenean Taranto:
Jenean Taranto is the Associate Dean of Student Affairs at Albany Law School, a position she has held since August 2022. Taranto also is a Professor at Albany Law School, having served on the faculty since July 2000 and taught Property, Introduction to Lawyering, Negotiation, and Legal Profession. Before becoming a law professor, Taranto was a lawyer in private practice for more than ten years and practiced in the areas of property law and insurance defense.
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