Are College Campuses Turning Into Country Clubs?
19 May 2005 - 2:00pm
As competition for students heats up, universities are expanding campuses and physical amenities.
"Why is the price of college going up? There are a lot reasons, including declines in state budget support, the ballooning of college bureaucracies and the competition for superstar professors. But also high on the list is what Richard Vedder, an Ohio University economics professor, calls the 'country clubization' of universities, as competition for students heats up."
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Wall St. Journal, May 19, 2005
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