The Ivory Tower and the Oil Pit: A Parable?

Will Bunch’s After the Ivory Tower Falls: How College Broke the American Dream and Blew up Our Politics—And How to Fix It “will appeal to journalists, activists, ‘never Trumpers,’ and a few academics who might appreciate journalism that reinforces their social predilections.” For Bunch, the blame for higher education’s problems lies with the federal government’s refusal to make college “free,” and, rather implausibly, the hostility found in “red” communities surrounding many college campuses.