Word: publicize
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Liberals ought to be fighting against rent control and in favor of a rational system of providing low-income housing, be it public housing construction, rent subsidies or housing vouchers...
...wait. The term "unethical bidding war"--really the crux of the public-good argument--deserves a strong airing out. First assume its validity. How does the protection of undergraduate financial aid justify the possibility that schools collude in setting faculty labor costs together, a separate issue involving separate individuals? Can we contradict collusion charges when the most expensive schools jointly hike costs faster than inflation? Further, how can it be ethical to set a common price--the Ivy League schools with the exception of Cornell all cost between $19,000 and $19,500--when housing costs, facilities costs and research...
...passed in 1890. Obviously education holds a special place in American society, and the pursuit of knowledge essential to a democracy has no readily tangible--or easily comparable--costs. Thus, investigated university officials say that "cooperation" in financial matters befits their high-minded enterprise, and further serves the overall public good of maintaining access to education independent of cost...
...makes up the top level of education, and how much that top education should cost. Do they then have the right to exclude other educators from their cozy arrangment? Do the 60-plus schools under investigation not become the "education establishment"? Is it not disingenuous to argue for the public good, when it is a few administrators of a few colleges deciding that good...
...Steven Faigen, a vice president of public relations at Shearson Lehman Hutton, said the market's movements would have an important effect on the economy...