Outrageous Universities

See Andrew Delbanco, at the New York Review, "Our Universities: The Outrageous Reality."

Books reviewed:

* Suzanne Mettler, Degrees of Inequality: How the Politics of Higher Education Sabotaged the American Dream.

* Joel Best and Eric Best, The Student Loan Mess: How Good Intentions Created a Trillion-Dollar Problem.

* William Zumeta, David W. Breneman, Patrick M. Callan, and Joni E. Finney, Financing American Higher Education in the Era of Globalization.

* William G. Bowen and Eugene M. Tobin, Locus of Authority: The Evolution of Faculty Roles in the Governance of Higher Education.

* Elizabeth A. Armstrong and Laura T. Hamilton, Paying for the Party: How College Maintains Inequality.

* Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa, Aspiring Adults Adrift: Tentative Transitions of College Graduates.

And see Sajay Samuel, "Outrageous Universities."