Reasons for College Inefficiency: Misallocation and Underutilization

George Leef

The U.S. devotes a lot of resources to higher education but gets a pretty low return, argues Richard Vedder. That is because college officials, facing no penalties for inefficiency or rewards for improvement, allow significant misallocation and underutilization of resources. He makes a strong case here.

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