Rising Tuition and Declining Investment at Public Universities
Here's a plain fact: record disinvestment in higher education at the state level leads to record tuition hikes. In 2012, the trend escalated with the biggest single year jump on record.read more
View ArticleGo Grassley: Senator Fights Excessive Compensation at Universities
The most recent charge in Senator Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) crusade against rising tuition costs was in late February when he criticized then nominee for Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew for the...
View ArticleRich College Presidents, Strapped Students
Last year, the top ten U.S. university presidents made a combined $21 million. That's a lot, except when you consider what athletic coaches often make. For example, Mack Brown -- the football coach at...
View ArticleWhy Poor Kids Really Don't Go to College
Despite our social mythology to the contrary, college is not a place for poor kids. Across the board, poor kids are dramatically under-represented in institutions of higher education, although somewhat...
View ArticleMaking College Worth It Requires Reform
In an article published last week, The Economist asks "Is College Worth?" and skirts very closely to offending university presidents and liberal arts advocates alike. read more
View ArticleThe College Graduation Gap
Paul Tough has a piece in the New York Times regarding the differential rates at which college students from different class backgrounds make it to graduation.Graduation Ratesread more
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The Paradox of the Student Debt Crisis and "College is Worth It"
It’s graduation season, which means we’re being treated to a few time-tested media traditions for today’s wide-eyed graduates: Grievances about commencement speakers, predictions of doom over the...
View ArticleCollege is Worth it, But… (Or, Most Students Aren’t Economists)
David Leonhardt’s post on whether “College Is Worth It” on The Upshot this week was the most widely emailed story at the New York Times earlier today—a sign that the public is very antsy about the...
View ArticleThe One-Two Punch of Income-Based Repayment and Student Loan Refinancing
President Obama is expected to announce this afternoon an Executive Order that would extend the protections of Income-Based Repayment (or more specifically, Pay As You Earn) to student borrowers who...
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Janet Yellen Links Rising Inequality to College Affordability
This past Friday, in a speech to the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, the Federal Reserve Chair, Janet Yellen, spoke out on the evils of economic inequality in the United States. She noted that the...
View ArticleFree Community College is a Big Deal. Debt-Free College Would Be Transformative.
Today, President Obama announced a proposal to make two years of community college tuition-free. Specifically, the Administration is proposing a new federal-state partnership, in which states guarantee...
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A Terrible Explanation for Rising College Costs
On Sunday, the New York Times published an unbelievably misleading op-ed on the cost of college by Paul Campos, a law professor at University of Colorado, Boulder.read more
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Student Debt and College Accountability are Not Mutually Exclusive Issues
Higher EducationArne Duncan made some waves yesterday with a speech that ostensibly tried to provide some “tough talk” for colleges to do better at graduating their students, improving learning...
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College Costs Burden Low-Income Families
Source Publication: The Case for Debt-Free CollegeAt public four-year institutions, low-income students must spend nearly three-quarters of their families income to cover the net cost of college each...
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There's Still Plenty the Obama Administration Could Do About Student Debt In...
The fourth quarter of the Obama presidency has been relatively active when it comes to higher education. Last year alone, the Administration announced a proposal to make two years of community college...
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