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Houston Chronicle: Make universities accountable for what matters
Put higher education on the spot to show how well our students learn
By CHARLES MILLER and KEVIN CAREY
It’s an article of faith that free markets have given America the greatest higher education system in the world. Unlike K-12 schools, colleges and universities have to compete for students and resources. As a result, the thinking goes, we’re blessed with vibrant institutions that operate relatively free of government control and provide a crucial advantage in the global contest for economic supremacy.
Unfortunately, this is wrong on all counts. When it comes to their most important mission — helping students learn— American colleges and universities are badly underperforming and overpriced. That’s because they don’t operate in anything like a true free market. And the solution to this problem isn’t less government involvement, but a stronger role of a different kind.