It’s Time For College Laissez-Faire to End

You’ve heard the phrase a million times in history or economics class. “Laissez-faire” — “let them do as they will.” It’s often presented as a relic of 19th and 20th century American business practices; a policy that invokes a rabid, unchecked capitalism of bygone days. The phrase brings to mind Rockefellers, railroads, and greedy millionaires raising empires on the backs of starving child laborers.

Granted, it isn’t nearly as drastic as that in modern-day America, but the practice is far from over. It’s simply found a new avenue in the operations of…