Our Cherished Halls of Ivy: A Time for Tune-Up or Overhaul?

Higher education has both supporters and detractors, although not in equal numbers. Some would have us believe that our higher education enterprise is on the brink of disaster, that it’s falling apart at the seams. Some go so far as to call the system broken beyond repair, suggesting that it be rebuilt from the ground up. Can it be this bad? Drawing on his long experience in higher ed administration, the author examines the sea change that’s affected nearly every corner of the higher learni...