I wonder whether HN, the NY Times, the Economist, etc.haven't any unproductive fascination with Higher Ed stories. I find it a much more interesting fascination

I wonder whether HN, the NY Times, the Economist, etc.haven't any unproductive fascination with Higher Ed stories. I find it a much more interesting fascination than (say) the NY Times's fascination with parochial NY (and usually) Manhattan fads, but not necessarily of wider interest.