Jan 22, 2020
The rising cost of tuition is merely a symptom of a disease. The disease, which is much more complex, involves misplaced incentives from administrators to faculty to students to parents. Phil Magnus joins Words & Numbers this week to talk about his recent book, Cracks in the Ivory Tower.
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Quick hits
Trial by combat
The FBI wants access to your phone
Foolishness of the week
You may have to answer to police in Kentucky
https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article239389143.html
Topic of the week
Cracks in the Ivory Tower
https://www.amazon.com/Cracks-Ivory-Tower-Higher-Education/dp/0190846283
Review of Cracks in the Ivory Tower
https://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/cracks-ivory-tower
Phil Magness
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