Commentary on higher ed's "Olive Garden " problem

Capital Grill is prospering.  So is MacDonald's.  The Olive Garden is caught in the hollowed out middle that used to be the middle class.  Universities face the same issue.
http://chronicle.com/blogs/next/2014/02/05/higher-educations-olive-garden-problem/?cid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/03/business/the-middle-class-is-steadily-eroding-just-ask-the-business-world.html?_r=0

http://chronicle.com/blogs/bottomline/declines-in-colleges-net-tuition-revenue-deepen-survey-finds/

http://chronicle.com/article/Cloud-of-Uncertainty-Unsettles/142283/

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