The once unsinkable ship of US higher education has hit an unthinkable iceberg<\/p>\n
American higher education is living its RMS Titanic moment. The multi-trillion-dollar United States academic-scientific complex, led by the richest and most highly coveted universities in history, remains the envy of the world. \u201cAmerican University Inc\u201d is one of the US\u2019s top exports and among its most valuable stocks. Brands such as Harvard, Columbia, Stanford and so many others are revered worldwide as symbols of academic excellence, independent thinking, breakthrough innovation and prestige. No other university system in the world comes close to amassing as much capital \u2013 financial, human, cultural and social \u2013 as the mighty American one.<\/p>\n
Until now.<\/p>\n
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