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What Exactly Is College For? (Update)

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We think of them as intellectual enclaves and the surest route to a better life. But U.S. colleges also operate like firms, trying to differentiate their products to win market share and prestige points. In the first episode of a special series originally published in 2022, we ask what our chaotic system gets right — and wrong. (Part 1 of “Freakonomics Radio Goes Back to School.”)

  • SOURCES:
    • Peter Blair, faculty research Fellow of the National Bureau of Economic Research and professor of education at Harvard University.
    • Catharine Hill, former president of Vassar College; trustee at Yale University; and managing director at Ithaka S+R.
    • Morton Schapiro, professor of economics and former president of Northwestern University.
    • Ruth Simmons, former president of Smith College, Brown University, and Prairie View A&M University.
    • Miguel Urquiola, professor of economics at Columbia University.

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What Exactly Is College For? (Update)

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Innhold levert av Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher. Alt podcastinnhold, inkludert episoder, grafikk og podcastbeskrivelser, lastes opp og leveres direkte av Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher eller deres podcastplattformpartner. Hvis du tror at noen bruker det opphavsrettsbeskyttede verket ditt uten din tillatelse, kan du følge prosessen skissert her https://no.player.fm/legal.

We think of them as intellectual enclaves and the surest route to a better life. But U.S. colleges also operate like firms, trying to differentiate their products to win market share and prestige points. In the first episode of a special series originally published in 2022, we ask what our chaotic system gets right — and wrong. (Part 1 of “Freakonomics Radio Goes Back to School.”)

  • SOURCES:
    • Peter Blair, faculty research Fellow of the National Bureau of Economic Research and professor of education at Harvard University.
    • Catharine Hill, former president of Vassar College; trustee at Yale University; and managing director at Ithaka S+R.
    • Morton Schapiro, professor of economics and former president of Northwestern University.
    • Ruth Simmons, former president of Smith College, Brown University, and Prairie View A&M University.
    • Miguel Urquiola, professor of economics at Columbia University.

  continue reading

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