"Scott"s forcibly argued book suggests that economic and political crises are interconnected and that the real crisis in higher education today is a poltical crisis...Scott"s is a very important book--one which should be read by all of those who profess concern about the direction of American higher education...[Through] the scholarly development of a finely crafted, richly textured and consistently engaging argument, the author has constructed a firm scoffolding upon which to view the distribution of academic power in America and envision its consequences for institutions and individuals alike." Economics of Education