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Higher education cartel challenged in North Carolina lawsuit
American Thinker ^ | Sept 23, 2015 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 09/23/2015 9:24:40 PM PDT by upchuck

The cloak of altruistic search for truth and selfless education of young minds worn by higher education obscures a self-serving, vast industry that sees nothing wrong in behaving like a cartel.  Do you think it is a coincidence that tuition levels at prestigious private universities are so similar to one another despite vast disparities in endowments?

But rarely does an opportunity come to prove that universities do not compete on an open and fair basis.  Such an opportunity may be at hand in a lawsuit filed in North Carolina.  Paul Caron of Taxprofblog writes:

Colleges and universities lure top faculty members away from competitor institutions all the time, and the practice is (generally speaking) entirely legal. But while some relish it, others consider faculty poaching, or actively recruiting faculty members from competitors, bad form and try to avoid doing it regularly -- especially to institutions in the same geographic area.


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If this suit get filed, it will be proved.
1 posted on 09/23/2015 9:24:40 PM PDT by upchuck
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To: upchuck
Bubba's favorite Georgetown Prof. Carroll Quigley wrote about how Western Civilization dissolved numerous older Civs--Resistance is futile.

The temporary format of the internet, extensive in space but not in time, will dissolve "Universities". Ed. consumers are already beginning to realize how bad a deal they're getting.

Two Words: Khan Academy


2 posted on 09/23/2015 9:31:14 PM PDT by CharlesOConnell (CharlesOConnell)
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To: CharlesOConnell

+1


3 posted on 09/23/2015 9:33:23 PM PDT by Pelham (It ain't over 'til it's over)
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To: CharlesOConnell

I have been saying that for a while.

We can organize high schools the same way.

1-8th grade schools should be small and local.


4 posted on 09/23/2015 10:06:10 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: upchuck

Defund the left. And be like Trump, Carson, or Walker, don’t wilt at the first sign of resistance.


5 posted on 09/23/2015 11:42:21 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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