After College, What?
A new study shows that students who coast through college often struggle after graduating.
Articles by George Leef
Trustees Won’t Do the Job
Trustees are supposed to help colleges steer their course, but many are asleep at the wheel.
Don’t Fear the Free Market
A free market in postsecondary education would serve students effectively.
Peering into the Crystal Ball
In recent years, there have been quite a few books on the ways in which innovation will change higher education. Richard DeMillo’s Abelard to Apple is, I think, the most intriguing one…
I’m Still Not Convinced
George Leef responds to Professor Sterba.
Humanities Research: To What End?
A new paper shows that the research imperative in academe has high costs but little benefit.
Is This eHarmony for College?
A company may revolutionize the college application process through the online matching model used in dating.
The Roots of the Protest
Occupy Wall Street might never have started If politicians hadn’t oversold higher education.
Reconsidering the SAT
A statistician wants to avoid uneducated guesses in educational policies.
Another Round on the Jane Mayer Piece
I reply to a post on the AAUP’s blog that purports to defend the New Yorker attack on the Pope Center.