Ruth simmons recently announced shall be stepping down as president of prairie view a ad m in 20 23. In one othem, she said something so wise that i think it should be the motto of every company and institution in the world. I want students to succeed, period. Understand the value of education. It doesn't all have to be the same.
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, we ask what our chaotic system gets right — and wrong. (Part 1 of “Freakonomics Radio Goes Back to School.”)