Watch Out for FAFSA
Universities use the federal form to conduct price discrimination in the form of merit scholarships.
After College, What?
A new study shows that students who coast through college often struggle after graduating.
Trustees Won’t Do the Job
Trustees are supposed to help colleges steer their course, but many are asleep at the wheel.
Don’t Fear the Free Market
A free market in postsecondary education would serve students effectively.
Reforming College Sports
We need a “firewall” between big-time sports and university academics.
Board Games
North Carolina’s new State Board of Proprietary Schools is assuming licensing authority over for-profit schools from the community college system.
The Supreme Court Can Rectify a Mistake
A University of Texas case gives the Court an opportunity to revisit the badly flawed Grutter decision.
Primary Education
Republican presidential candidates agree on the scope of the Department of Education, but not on much else.
Ivory Tower Meets White House
With the 2012 presidential election fast approaching, it’s time to see what the candidates think about higher education.
The Roots of the Protest
Occupy Wall Street might never have started If politicians hadn’t oversold higher education.