College as a Business Transaction

Friday, 28 March 2014 | by Pat's Picks

Richard Pérez-Peña of the New York Times writes that the ruling that Northwestern University must treat football players as school employees highlights the fact that college has become less of a rite of passage and more of a business transaction. Competitiveness among colleges has “crystallized the understanding that higher education is a market,” says one University of Pennsylvania professor.

SOURCE: New York Times