Blog 4 by Hannah Ng (Section A02)

In deBoer’s “Why We Should Fear University, Inc.” he says that universities today are running more like businesses and less like educational institutions. I never gave it much thought but after reading this article, I can understand why deBoer has this point of view. Throughout the last four years of college, I’ve been hearing more families and parents of high school students back home say “it is getting harder for my kids to get into a top college because schools are accepting more international and out-of-state students for their money.” It is hard to defy or agree with this statement because we as students will never know the application and acceptance process and logic conducted by the administration; but I cannot deny that more and more out-of-the-country students seem to be present on campus every year. Since I was in middle school, I’ve always heard teachers and professors say something about “schools cutting back on funding” or “low on funding.” Does the tuition of international students, which is multiple times more than that of California and American residents, help this problem? Or is it simply because students taught by the American education system are not as qualified as the admitted students from other countries?