"For nearly two decades, pundits have been predicting the demise of higher education in the United States. Our colleges and universities will soo

"Standing on the foundations of America's promise of equal opportunity, our universities purport to "serve as engines of social mobility" and "pr

"Our current system of higher education dates to the period from 1865 to 1925, when the nation's new universities created grades and departments,

"Despite being immensely popular--and immensely lucrative--education is grossly overrated. In this explosive book, Bryan Caplan argues that the p