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12月英语四级阅读练习大学的生存 Many privateinstitutions ofhigher educationaround thecountry arein danger.Not allwill besaved,andperhaps notall deserveto besaved.There arelow-quality schoolsjust asthere arelow-quality business.We haveno obligationto savethem simplybecause theyexist. But manythriving institutionsthat deserveto continueare threatened.They aredoing afine jobeducationally,but theyare caughtin afinancial squeeze,with noway toreduce risingcosts orincrease revenuessignificantly.Raising tuitiondoesn’t bringin morerevenue,for eachtime tuitiongoes up,the enrollmentgoes down,or theamount thatmust begiven awayin studentaid goesup.Schools arebad businesses,whether publicor private,not usuallybecause ofmismanagement butbecause of the natureoftheenterprise.They losemoney onevery customer,and theycan gobankrupt eitherfrom toofew studentsor toomany students.Even a very goodcollege isaverybad business. It issuch c...。