Inside the Higher Ed Lobby

Ben Adler, editor of Campus Progress at the Center for American Progress, has a new article in The Washington Monthly about the higher education lobby here in DC. The top-line conclusion: when it comes to the lobbying game, our colleges and universities are no better than all the other shady operators who employ various back-room gambits and pressure tactics to advance their self-interest, often at the expense of students and the public at large. It's worth reading.