Here is a very good piece by Anthony Grafton, which ought to ring a number of alarm bells for all of us toiling on this side of the pond and watching the things which Grafton thinks safeguard the advantages of our system being placed under threat.
Sadly, the line-break after "At every level of the system, dedicated professors are setting students on fire with enthusiasm" creates an unfortunate image... The line-break above makes it even worse...
