Why Public Higher Education Should Be Free : : How to Decrease Cost and Increase Quality at American Universities / / Robert Samuels.
Universities tend to be judged by the test scores of their incoming students and not on what students actually learn once they attend these institutions. While shared tests and surveys have been developed, most schools refuse to publish the results. Instead, they allow such publications as U.S. News...
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