In the mature economies, why aren't there more new universities? Chalam is in its ninth year. We lose money on every student, and we make it up by volume. The council of higher education is extremely vigilant and making sure that we keep all our promises. To pocrate a whole college is a major enterprise.
In this special crossover special with EconTalk, Tyler interviews Russ Roberts about his new life in Israel as president of Shalem College. They discuss why there are so few new universities, managing teams in the face of linguistic and cultural barriers, how Israeli society could adapt to the loss of universal military service, why Israeli TV is so good, what American Jews don’t understand about life in Israel, what his next leadership challenge will be, and much more.
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