Although I find this article compelling, I am disturbed to note that whole paragraphs of it appear to be lifted, verbatim and without attribution, from George Will's current column on the same topic. Please have a look.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/georgewill/gw20041128.shtml
Wait, I thought it's the other way around? This is the original article George Will quoted for his article...
No, no, this is the article Will was quoting. Thanks dennis for posting it, but the authors name got mangled. Admin, can that be fixed?
This is an important article, it is very tremendous it appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Ed. That is their NY Times and is read by ALL who have anything to do with college educations, including trustees, etc.