Op-Ed: 'Higher Education' Is A Waste Of Money




NPR Series: Talk of the Nation Opinion Page Podcast show

Summary: Professor Andrew Hacker says that higher education in the U.S. is broken. He argues that too many undergraduate courses are taught by graduate assistants or professors who have no interest in teaching. Hacker proposes numerous changes, including an end to the tenure system, in his book, <em>Higher Education?</em>