Conservatives’ New Bailout Model: Want Money? Fix Your University
In light of that, the National Association of Scholars has released a phased bailout plan tied to long-needed structural reforms in American higher ed. If public-funded bailouts are to happen, conservatives can and should do whatever they can to restructure academia for generations to come, just as they are restructuring the courts.
For far too long, American higher education has exploited the hopes of students and their families, as well as the good will of legislators and the American public, the paper argues. It adds that this should be an opportunity for colleges and universities to reconsider their failed business model, and asks legislators to tie bailout funds to long-overdue reforms.