The Chronicle of Higher Education

Americans See Money for College Somewhere Over the Rainbow

By ALVIN P. SANOFF

Americans are living in the land of Oz, a fantasy world in which we skip merrily down the yellow brick road expecting -- even demanding -- more government services, even as there is less money available to pay for them.

This fiscal fantasy world is, in large measure, the creation of our political leaders, who continue to peddle the...

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