Kathleen deLaski, in her thought-provoking work Who Needs College Anymore?: Imagining a Future Where Degrees Won’t Matter, provides a transformative vision for higher education that addresses contemporary challenges such as declining university enrollment and diminishing confidence in the value of a college degree. By advocating for a crucial shift in mindset regarding the pathways and…
Join us for a luncheon and discussion of Richard K. Vedder’s provocative new book: Let Colleges Fail: The Power of Creative Destruction in Higher Education. In Let Colleges Fail, Vedder argues persuasively that the federal government needs to greatly reduce its role in higher education and allow American universities to be guided by the private…
Preston Cooper is well-known for his efforts to make postsecondary education affordable and valuable for every American. As a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, he researches college return on investment (ROI), the economics of higher education, and student loan reform. In 2024, while at The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity, he authored…
