A Key Reason Why American Students Do Poorly
Education schools and the licensing laws shielding them from competition hold back students and good teachers.
Author Profile
George Leef
George Leef is director of external relations for the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. He holds a bachelor of arts degree from Carroll College (Waukesha, WI) and a juris doctor from Duke University School of Law. He was a vice president of the John Locke Foundation until 2003.Prior to joining the Locke Foundation, Leef was president of Patrick Henry Associates, a consulting firm in Michigan dedicated to assisting others in advocating free markets, minimal government, private property, and individual rights. Previously, Leef was on the faculty of Northwood University in Midland, Michigan, where he taught courses in economics, business law, and logic. He has also worked as a policy adviser in the Michigan Senate.
A regular columnist for Forbes.com, Leef was book review editor of The Freeman, published by the Foundation for Economic Education, from 1996 to 2012. He has published numerous articles in The Freeman, Reason, The Free Market, Cato Journal, The Detroit News, Independent Review, and Regulation. He writes regularly for the National Review's The Corner blog and for SeethruEdu.com.
Articles by George Leef
College Board Hearts College Bubble
Its latest report cheerleads for more students to go to college, but ignores reasons why many shouldn’t.
A Tale of Two Bubbles
Is college attendance an overinflated market that could crash, as the housing market did? Here is the argument.
From Each According to His Earnings
The hot idea for reforming student loans is to base repayment on earnings, but is it a good one?
Higher Education’s Legal Battlefield
Legal fighting over affirmative action makes the college landscape look like Gettysburg.
Discrimination Can Be Good?
A prominent law professor pens a book claiming to show that affirmative action must continue.
Obama Starts a Dialogue
If two years of law school are better than three, why not whittle away more?
Could Grade Inflation Be Good?
A law professor advocates eliminating low grades in the name of justice and students’ mental health.
Free College: What Could Be Better?
A professor’s book argues that government should pay for public higher ed completely, but it’s sheer utopianism.
Backstage at the Admissions Office
A surprisingly critical article by an “application reader” makes it into the New York Times.