Why Don’t Governing Boards Rein in College Costs?
Public higher education was once America’s great enabler, permitting young people from lower-class backgrounds to attend college for very little money and to rise as far as their abilities and…
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New Study Analyzes the High Cost of College
TANSTAAFL. There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. That’s the pithy way that economists convey the idea that there are always costs associated with the goods and services…
Biden Could Shake Up Higher Ed—If He Doesn’t Endorse the Status Quo
Now that President Biden has been sworn in as the 46th president, he wants to hit the ground running and attend to urgent priorities. One of his first moves was…
Did You Know? The Ever-Increasing Sticker Price of College Tuition
College tuition increases across the country have shown no sign of slowing down. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the sticker price of tuition (before discounts and student…
Russell Kirk on Higher Education
Russell Kirk isn’t known as a policy wonk. The Great Books, not the mathematical or statistical models of economic technicians, were his organon of choice. He devoted essays to broad,…
It is possible to control college costs—and I did it
Many college leaders speak as though the upward cost spiral is permanent and unavoidable. From experience, I can say that’s not true.
Tuition increases at American colleges began in earnest in the 1960s and ’70s, when I was a mathematics professor and later dean at C.W. Post College. The first changes driving the increases were the reductions in teaching loads.
Duke University’s resident porn actress delivers articulate lecture about tuition and free markets
Duke University’s resident porn actress delivers articulate lecture about tuition and free markets
Ignoring the Elephant in the Room
A Pew Research study claims that those who don't go to college penalize themselves.
Our Old Educational Models Are Obsolete
Glenn Harlan Reynolds argues that the information age will save American education from itself.