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12 July, 2012
What Terry Sullivan's Reinstatement at U. Va Really Tells Us about the Future of Higher Ed | | AlterNet
What Terry Sullivan's Reinstatement at U. Va Really Tells Us about the Future of Higher Ed | | AlterNet: U.Va – like all American public universities – was built on a funding model that no longer exists, and no university president has the power to change that. At most (as Terry Sullivan’s first two years at U.Va demonstrate), they have the power to slow down and moderate the process of privatization. The real power – and the real problem – lies elsewhere.