Daniel W. Drezner, a professor of international politics
at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, examines the
on-going controversies surrounding American higher education:
Related - Sheltered Students Go to College, Avoid Education by Megan McArdle.
McArdle correctly notes:
“Mass education,
and the rise of colleges as labor market gatekeepers, have transformed colleges
from a place to be imbued with the intangible qualities of character and
education that the elite wanted their children to have, and into a place where
you go to buy a ticket to a good job.”