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<p>Two factors have so far shielded the American university from the sort of criticism that it so freely levels against almost every other institution in American life. (1) For decades a college education has been considered the key to an ascendant middle-class existence. (2) Until recently a college degree was not tantamount to lifelong debt. In other words, American society put up with a lot of arcane things from academia, given that it offered something — a BA or BS degree — that almost everyone agreed was a ticket to personal security and an educated populace.</p>

COB BASRAH - The ability of the Iraqi press to report on the operations of United States Division-South was aided recently, thanks to a U.S. Army public affairs team that met with local journalists to re-establish relations with the U.S. military – relations that have been strained for a year. Security measures here that are meant to protect the base's community from possible threats also hampered the journalists' ability to pursue stories on base and in surrounding areas. To aid them in their news-reporting endeavor, a PA team met with 29 journalists at the Basrah International Airport (BIA), Feb. 13,...