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...added, "I'd like to set an example and to make it [the CCA proposal] a model to give people confidence in the function of city government...
...that's only one small part of the story. Whether the "bidding war" argument is valid or not, less compelling are arguments that the most expensive colleges in America should be allowed to set tuitions together, often before their financial information becomes public, as now appears to be the case...
...critic in August, "This is the arrogance of an elite which is absolutely certain it knows what is best for everbody." In lay terms, there is further justified cause for concern any time a group of 23 elite Northeastern colleges--or about 60 colleges nationwide--get together to set prices for one thing they define as "education...
Possible inequities touch both consumers at the institutions and their competitors--for example, who is to decide that only 23 or 60 schools should share financial aid or financial information that might benefit all schools? On the flip side, many other schools not involved in these meetings essentially set their tuition levels from them, reasoning that higher price automatically generate greater prestige and more applicants...
...real World Series is set to resume on Friday. On the other hand, seismologists say the real San Francisco earth-quake is still set for the coming decades. As for the stock market crash--well, the economists don't know. If the real crash ever does come, George Bush may well manage to stay aloof. Most of the rest of us, though, won't be able to afford to cheer...