<p>Could someone clarify for me what the entity is that put this study and these recommendations forward and what relationship it has with the federal gov’t?</p>
<p>On the college amenities thing, is there anywhere in higher education a ‘minds race’ where colleges try to out-do others in offering a better ‘life of the mind’? I recall Chaucer’s Oxford Cleric who spent all his money on books and did without many of the physical amenities.</p>