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The times, they are a'changin'
Newly closed Antioch College may be a harbinger of tough times for higher education, according to a new article by ACTA friend and University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Donald Downs. In today's economy, Professor Downs writes, universities are starting to doubt their ability to grow indefinitely, and expensive but less prestigious private colleges are particularly feeling the squeeze -- since without Harvard-size endowments, they depend on their increasingly unaffordable tuitions. He goes on to cite eight reasons higher ed as we know it will be slimming down in the near future, all of which are excellent reading for trustees.
Posted by Michael Schilling on December 10, 2008 at December 10, 2008 10:26 AM
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