Conventional wisdom and public perception hold that college sports provide educational opportunities for thousands of student-athletes who could not afford to attend college without them. The National Collegiate Athletic Association … Continue reading “College Sports and Educational Opportunity: Exposing the (Half) Truth”
Increasingly, the old model of earning a college degree by simply choosing a school, paying cash to cover room, board, and tuition, and graduating within four years (with summers off) … Continue reading “An Innovative Guide Through the Higher Ed Landscape”
American college students have taken to saying that they need “safe spaces” on campus. They really don’t, since all they’re after is “safety” from ideas they dislike. But if they … Continue reading “Students Need Much Better Counseling Before Going Into Debt for College”
When I enrolled in college back in the prehistoric days of 1966, the process was simple. I went to the high school guidance office, browsed some college catalogs, spoke with … Continue reading “Which College or Whether College? Maybe the Feds Can Help, After All”
Last month I looked at Hillary Clinton’s higher education proposals in this Clarion Call, and found nothing to praise in them. They merely deepen the already ruinous federal involvement in … Continue reading “How Would Trump Change Higher Education Policy?”
Here’s a message from the University Office of Financial Aid and Duplicity
Lenient rules encourage students to keep borrowing, ignore costs, and hunt for “public service” jobs.
Equity funding for college students is attracting attention, but can’t work as long as we have easy government loans.
A report from the Cato Institute suggests an alternative method for paying for higher education. As the need for new methods of finance is growing with the rapidly rising costs of higher education, and as student loans are beset with defaulting and graduates dealing with the uncertainty over being able to make fixed loan payments, the report argues, human capital contracts should be an attractive alternative.
This year’s House budget proposal of $13 billion includes tremendous gains for higher education, including millions more for community colleges. The full House is expected to vote on the budget this week.