| The real college scandal. No Images? Click here   The Creeping Capitalist Takeover
Hello Highliners, If, like me, you've been avidly following the sleazy machinations that (allegedly) got Olivia Jad Loughlin and other scions of Hollywood actors and private equity titans into elite colleges ... well, this piece won't make you feel any better about the gross inequities that have corrupted higher education. Here's the deal: As everyone knows, the cost of a college degree is high and only soaring higher. But a few years back, universities had a once-in-a-generation chance to bring those costs down—and chose not to take it. Instead of making college affordable for families who can't pay an SAT tutor or bribe a gymnastics coach, universities instead allowed a new species of for-profit company to hoover up all the savings and route a large chunk of the money to Facebook and Google. In the process of unraveling this infuriating history, Kevin Carey exposes the deeply warped economics of higher education and its corrosive consequences. (The creepy zombie ants, by the way, are courtesy of Donica Ida and our inventive friends at Gladeye.)  HuffPost is now a part of Oath and a part of Verizon. On May 25th 2018 we will be introducing a new Oath Privacy Policy which will explain how your data is used and shared. Learn More. Highline combines the rigor, depth and obsessiveness of the best magazine journalism with the experimentation that becomes possible when no paper or staples are involved. And our goal is simple: We want to publish stories that stay with you. Did you like reading this newsletter? Forward it to a friend. Or sign up! Can't get enough? Check out our Morning Brief or Must Reads newsletters. ©2017 The Huffington Post | 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003
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The Corporations Devouring America's Colleges
