It’s been 30 years since then-Education Secretary William J. Bennett took to the pages of The New York Times to chide colleges for their “greedy” behavior. He decried the negative effect … Continue reading “Does the Bennett Hypothesis Still Matter?”
In last year’s campaign for the presidency, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders tried to attract votes with promises of free college. In the British elections earlier this year, one reason … Continue reading “If There’s a College Affordability Crisis, What Should We Do About It?”
On November 2, House Republican leaders unveiled their tax reform plan. A number of its provisions affect higher education. While this is only a proposal, it’s worth looking into those … Continue reading “The Good and the Bad for Higher Ed in the Republican Tax Proposal”
The American student loan system is a mess, weighing down more than 40 million borrowers with $1.3 trillion of debt. As a result, analysts and journalists in search of alternative … Continue reading “Copying Australia’s Student Loan System Won’t Save American Higher Ed”
Athletes need a good night’s sleep to maximize their performance. But that doesn’t explain why NC State’s proposed new dormitory for basketball players will cost roughly four times as much … Continue reading “NC State Hoops Players’ Palatial New Digs Send the Wrong Message”
Connecticut legislators made headlines last year when they introduced a bill to tax revenue-generating college and university property. The bill was crafted to help New Haven, where Yale University is … Continue reading “Should All University Property Be Tax-Exempt?”
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”
Late last year, NC State University purchased two small office buildings on Oberlin Road, near the university’s East campus, for the price of $3.1 million. Their location, situated between NC … Continue reading “Public Universities as Commercial Landlords: Where Do We Draw the Line?”
The University of Missouri, where I teach and which I dearly love, is in crisis. Freshman enrollment at the university’s Columbia campus (Mizzou) is down by a whopping 35% from … Continue reading “How Not to Recover from a Crisis, Mizzou Edition”
Students are enrolling in coding “boot camps” at record rates, with the number of graduates increasing from about 2,200 in 2013 to an estimated 23,000 in 2017. However, the booming … Continue reading “The Uncertain Future of Coding Boot Camps”