"Current commentary about the US higher education system is steeped in crisis rhetoric of impending doom. High costs, exploding debt, and a digital tsunami supposedly will combine to disrupt and sweep away many of the nation's higher education institutions, or change them beyond recognition. In...

College cost per student has been on the rise at a pace that matches-- or exceeds-- healthcare costs. Unlike healthcare, though, teaching quality has declined, and rapidly rising costs and declining quality are not trends easily forgiven by society. The College Cost Disease addresses these...

Chapter 1 examines Education's role in: (1) recognizing accrediting agencies, (2) overseeing the financial condition of schools, and (3) overseeing schools' student loan default rates. Chapter 2 discusses (1) how Education oversees the financial condition of schools; (2) the extent to which...