Contact: George Leef georgeleef@jamesgmartin.center 919-828-1400 Raleigh, NC — A new policy brief, From Empty Classrooms to Efficient Campuses: A Market-Based Approach to University Facilities, exposes the widespread inefficiencies in how…
Executive Summary Colleges and universities across the country are burdened with inefficiently utilized facilities, leading to unnecessary costs, wasted space, and misplaced financial priorities. This policy brief, authored by economist…
Testifying before the U.S. Senate in 2013, University of Wisconsin professor Sara Goldrick-Rab described college campuses as “glorified summer camps.” She said administrators were “engaging in an arms race to…
All is not well on higher education’s financial front. At many colleges, tuition prices have reached record highs, enrollment is stagnant, revenues have flattened or declined, budgets are constricted, and…
Universities build a lot of classrooms, but use them infrequently.
What has been called a “crisis” by some higher education leaders in North Carolina is being viewed as an opportunity to cut state spending and improve services in Washington State.