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We'll hear from someone who was not a likely candidate for college and went on to become the president of three colleges or universities. There's been a revival of interest in and funding of historically black colleges, so where does that fit in? And one more reminder, please leave a review or ing for freconomics radio on your favorite podcast at it's not every day we hit our five hundredth episode.

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.”)