Why? Because it's easier to tear it down than to fix the problems. Nobody ever said it was easy to deal with a teachers' union or with tenured faculty. That, supposedly, is why senior administrators get the bog bucks. But the truth is that most ostensible leaders have neither the patience nor the skill to deal with them. And so, currying favor with voters/taxpayers every bit as short sighted as themselves, they win popularity and election by promising to cut taxes and curtail teachers... an attractive short term plan... but one that will put America's higher education system in the same competitive posture as our manufacturing sector in the long run.
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