💬 Opinion Sep 5, 2026 · Richard K. Vedder

Higher Ed’s Great Correction: ‘Necessity Is the Mother of Invention’

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By many indicators, American higher education is having its biggest crisis in the two-thirds of a century in which I have been involved with universities as a student or faculty member. The sector is very dependent on resources provided by its primary customers, students, and by state governments, and also federal government and private sector grants, contracts, and student loans. Yet these funding sources are increasingly disenchanted with colleges, most obviously demonstrated by numerous Trump

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