Cracks in the Ivory Tower
Words & Numbers
English - January 22, 2020 15:00 - 29 minutes - 40.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 336 ratingsEducation Business education current economics events government libertarian liberty news policy politics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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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