Phi Beta Cons If College Costs Too Much and Delivers Too Little By George Leef January 25, 2011 8:08 PM Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Flipboard Share on WhatsApp Email this article Perhaps what we need are better and less expensive colleges. That is exactly what Oklahoma State professor Vance Fried proposes in his new book. Jane Shaw reviewed Better, Cheaper College for the Pope Center last December.