Beilock: Higher education market is failing students who graduate overburdened with debt
Sian Beilock · The College Crisis: Heads of Dartmouth & Berkeley Debate the Decline of US Universities · Sep 16, 2025 · at 7:30
Sian Beilock is the President of Dartmouth College. She is pushing back on UC Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons' assertion that higher education market mechanisms are working well.
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“I'd push back and say I don't think the market's working exceptionally well because I think students are coming out overburdened with loans without the kind of job prospects that we have responsibility.”
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