claim: american colleges amount to a "cartel."
author: paul ryan
evidence_1: markets: cartel behavior and amateurism in college sports by lawrence m.  kahn. published in volume 21, issue 1, pages 209-226 of journal of economic ...  the athletes producing these rents are disproportionately african-american,  while ...
evidence_2: aug 29, 2018 ... some of america's biggest companies have stopped requiring college degrees  for many entry- and mid-level jobs. others should follow suit.
evidence_3: jun 1, 2017 ... private schools have to get a certain number of “butts in seats” if they are going to  survive, but enrollments are down once again this year.
evidence_4: dec 24, 2012 ... the 812% increase in the price of college textbooks since 1978 makes the ...  college textbooks have risen more than three times the amount of the average  increase for all goods and services. ... which is “terrifying” the college textbook  cartel, according to a recent slate .... 2019 american enterprise institute.
evidence_5: jul 6, 2015 ... republican rubio urges overhaul of u.s. college 'cartel' ... how those degrees  are accessed, how much that access costs, how those costs are ...