Report warns of threat to universities’ competitiveness

A panel of business and academic leaders has warned that funding cuts to higher education are hurting the global competitiveness of US research universities, the latest sign of financial strain that is intensifying battles over school leadership and has led to several high-profile departures of university presidents, write Jack Nicas and Cameron McWhirter for The Wall Street Journal.

US research universities "are in grave danger of not only losing their place of global leadership but of serious erosion in quality", the committee of 22 academic, business and non-profit leaders warned in a 250-page report issued last Thursday. The report, commissioned by Congress, called for a combined effort among institutions, governments and corporations to reverse the decline.
Full report on The Wall Street Journal site