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The university system was the envy of the world when it was run like a government program. It was only when we started running them like businesses that the sys
by deong 9y ago
The university system was the envy of the world when it was run like a government program. It was only when we started running them like businesses that the system has gone pear-shaped.
- HillaryBriss 9y agoi was going to say "maybe US universities are basically bloated, greedy corporate fat-cats that cannot compete in the global marketplace." but it raised a question i couldn't answer: how do such unproductive blobs of corporate greed survive at all? i mean, if it's not government subsidies. is it some sort of protectionist regulatory regime (e.g. sort of like the TBTF Wall Street banks enjoy)? some kind of collusion? a secret cartel?
- dnautics 9y agothere's a strong argument that the university system was destroyed when it was started to be run like a government program. http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/saving-science http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/saving-science