Bachelor’s Degrees Aren’t Cool Anymore
In a new research brief, The Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Education found that only 44 percent of American high school students expected to earn a bachelor’s…
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Degrees Still Matter—But They’re Not Enough
A recent poll shows employers still value college degrees, but they are worried about a skills gap between what they need and what candidates actually possess. Earlier this year, Lumina…
Why College-Goers Misunderstand Debt
Student-loan debt is one of the largest financial obligations many Americans will ever take on. To an 18-year-old who has never paid rent or balanced a budget, $80,000 in loans…
The “Mindfulness” Degree
Do American colleges still teach students how to think? Or have whole programs been built on fashionable but unexamined assumptions? Increasingly, one wonders whether parts of the curriculum are outright…
Can North Carolina Make Good on Its Skills-Based-Hiring Promises?
In March of 2023, Gov. Roy Cooper issued Executive Order 278, designed to lower degree-related barriers to entry for state-government jobs in North Carolina. A year and a half later,…
Not All Degrees Are Meant to Be Online
Last year, I wrote an article for the Martin Center about a new university in North Carolina. This institution, Queens College of Theology, was operating under a religious exemption that…
Are More Options Always a Good Thing? The Backfiring Effects of Academic Proliferation
The past decade has ushered in dramatic growth in the number of postsecondary degree options available to US students. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the number of…
Complete an Online Ph.D. in Under a Year—Too Good to be True?
In the last few years, the higher ed landscape is seeing a steady rise in the number of institutions offering online degrees. Schools like Western Governors University and Grand Canyon…
Let the Buyer Beware!
“Almost all students cite getting a better job as a primary reason for attending college,” writes Preston Cooper in the opening paragraph of his new study, entitled Is College Worth…
Letter to the Editor: How prospective students can choose a major
To the editor: The article on “How Higher Education is Going to Change” talks about the increasing importance of consumer input to the mix of what is offered. But how…