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Editorial
M
arch 1, 2008Anyone connected to the internet receives a plethora of messages hawking homestudy courses to become a Crime Scene Investigator.
Well, CSIs have a promising future — and not just on television.
According to a report by the Pew Charitable Trust five states are now spending more on prisons than on colleges.
They were (listed in order of spending the most proportionally on prisons for 2007) were: Vermont, Michigan, Oregon, Connecticut and Delaware.
Minnesota, which interestingly also has one of the highest average IQs among the 50 states, spends the least on prisons relative to higher ed —17 cents on orange jumpsuits for every dollar on caps and gowns.
For the 50-state box score on Cell Blocks versus Campuses see the report in Inside Higher Education.