How Competition Is Killing Higher Education

How Competition Is Killing Higher Education - By Mark C. Taylor May 18, 2012 Bloomberg View

Competition, we are constantly told, encourages individuals, institutions and companies to take the risks necessary for innovation and efficiency. But in higher education, competition often discourages risk taking, leads to overly cautious short-term decisions, produces a mediocre product for the price, and promotes excessive spending on physical plants and bureaucracies.