I think there's a greater appreciation that free markets require competition. I would argue that higher education is literally makes OPEC look like a weak cartel. We have accreditation run by the incumbents that basically says which students at which universities qualify for federal funding. Isn't higher red the monopoly or the anti-competitive structure to end all anti-competitive structures? Do you agree with that? If so, does the government have any plans to potentially file an action against higher education? Yeah.
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