Well, in keeping with Mr. Pearlstein&#x27;s desire to identify things &quot;universities should do&quot; in a vaccuum of authority where neither of us can enact change through a dictate by fiat avenue, I&#x27;ll take a crack at four even more aggressive and not-likely-to-happen scenarios, and I&#x27;m not even getting paid to write them!<p>1. Downsize course offerings in areas where graduates can not be reasonably expected to recoup the cost of a University education in the forseeable, full-time job market - such as journalism.<p>2. Perform genuine, rigorous auditing of participating in NCAA sports for cost-benefit analysis and completely shut down programs which do not recoup or actually cost money.<p>3. Become fiscal mentors to prospective and current students by engaging in hands-on financial counseling with respect to private loans and income earning potential.<p>4. Drastically reduce the number of Freshman and Sophomore students and aggressively recruit potential graduates through the Community College systems nationwide.<p>I mean, there are a lot of ways to save money, and while I can enjoy comfy-armchair musing as much as the next guy, sometimes articles like this one just seem so out of touch.