The Economic Model of Higher Education Was Already Broken. Here's Why the Pandemic May Destroy It for Good

August 27, 2020 Guest User

With the fall semester upon us, colleges and universities unveiled their plans for students—and many are just as quickly upending those plans.

Can the U.S. Stay Competitive?

November 12, 2012 Guest User

Slow trains; second class cell service; inferior infrastructure; third-tallest buildings; fourth-rate education; 34th in infant mortality. What are we still best at? As innovation flourishes around the world, can the U.S. stay strong? How? This session seeks some answers.

Stiglitz: Wall Street Lures Talent, America Suffers

June 5, 2012 Guest User

The Daily Beast's Zachary Karabell sits down with renowned economist Joseph Stiglitz to talk about a less-discussed form of inequality: how our country's best young minds end up working on Wall Street instead of innovating in laboratories or at universities.

Why College is a Waste of Time: How Higher Education is Becoming Mass Education

January 1, 2011 Guest User

Zachary Karabell is an American author, historian, money manager and economist.