The rising cost of tuition is merely a symptom of a disease. The disease, which is much more complex, involves misplaced incentives from administrators to faculty to students to parents. Phil Magnus joins Words & Numbers this week to talk about his recent book, Cracks in the Ivory Tower.
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Quick hits
Trial by combat
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2020/01/13/iowa-courts-david-ostrom-requests-trial-combat-swords-settle-dispute/4456079002/
The FBI wants access to your phone
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/two-iphones-or-privacy-billions-why-apple-vs-fbi-matters-n1118001
Foolishness of the week
You may have to answer to police in Kentucky
https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article239389143.html
Topic of the week
Cracks in the Ivory Tower
https://www.amazon.com/Cracks-Ivory-Tower-Higher-Education/dp/0190846283
Review of Cracks in the Ivory Tower
https://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/cracks-ivory-tower
Phil Magness
https://twitter.com/PhilWMagness
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https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2020/01/13/iowa-courts-david-ostrom-requests-trial-combat-swords-settle-dispute/4456079002/
https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/08/new-york-lawyer-demands-trial-by-combat-because-game-of-thrones-is-real
https://abovethelaw.com/2016/03/judge-admits-trial-by-combat-is-available-in-new-york-then-declines-to-order-it/
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/09/17/trial-by-combat/
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