Could the UNC System Do Without Diversity Offices?
Feb 16, 2011 by George Leef |
In this week's Pope Center Clarion Call, Duke Cheston looks at the numerous diversity offices throughout the UNC System. College campuses would still be highly diverse if we stopped trying to increase the percentages… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Rich Vedder Responds
Jan 21, 2011 by George Leef |
In this extensive Inside Higher Ed piece, Rich Vedder responds to criticism by Anthony Carnevale, who takes issue with Vedder’s argument that many college graduates derive no financial benefit from their degrees.
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Examining For-Profits and Cost Structure
Jan 18, 2011 by Peter Wood |
Continuing his series on for-profit colleges, Peter Wood sees an advantage in their pared-down offerings in the context of spiraling higher-education costs.
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$200K in Debt for Her BA in Sociology
Jan 05, 2011 by George Leef |
Kelli Space is a poster child for the damage done by our college degree mania, fueled by easy federal money .
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Student Riots in Britain
Dec 21, 2010 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood reviews the student protests over tuition hikes in Britain and the emergence of a 15-year-old as the YouTube star of the protest movement.
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Do We Really Want to “Stabilize” State University Funding?
Dec 01, 2010 by George Leef |
In this week's Pope Center Clarion Call, I take a critical look at a proposal made in the Nov. 23 Wall Street Journal by University of Oregon president Richard Lariviere. He repeats the usual lines about how the US is becoming… Continue Reading | 6 Comments >
Is This the Way to Improve College Admissions?
Nov 29, 2010 by George Leef |
In this week's Pope Center Clarion Call, I review Robert Sternberg's recent book College Admissions for the 21st Century. Sternberg's contention is that colleges can admit a better student body -- more students… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
More Ideas for Reducing the Cost of College
Nov 18, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |
Here's the next installment (chapters 6-12) from our CCAP friends in their report, “25 Ways to Reduce the Cost of College.” We at NAS especially appreciate #6. And we recently published a major article on #10… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
CCAP: 5 Lower Cost Alternatives to Help Reduce the Price of College
Nov 12, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |
Our friends at the Center for College Affordability and Productivity (CCAP) have released the first in a 5-part, book-length report called "25 Ways to Reduce the Cost of College." NAS applauds this initiative and looks forward… Continue Reading | 1 Comment >
Money on the Table
Nov 12, 2010 by Peter Wood |
How colleges transform increases in federal student aid into higher tuition and fees.
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Colleges Just Can’t Avoid Rising Costs
Nov 10, 2010 by George Leef |
That, anyway, is an explanation we sometimes hear from the higher education establishment. Colleges are supposedly helpless victims of rising costs, particular because rising productivity elsewhere in the economy increases the… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
“How Much Higher Should We Set the Prices for Next Year?”
Nov 08, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |
Peter Wood gives some insight into how colleges and universities answer that question.
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How Scholarships Morphed into Financial Aid
Aug 30, 2010 by Jackson Toby |
This excerpt from Jackson Toby's latest book, The Lowering of Higher Education in America: Why Financial Aid Should Be Based on Student Performance, appeared in the fall issue of Academic Questions (vol. 23, no.… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
A Debate on the Higher Ed “Business Model”
Aug 18, 2010 by George Leef |
Last February, I participated in a debate organized by the Miller Center of Public Affairs and broadcast on PBS. That was one in a series of debates on issues of national importance the Miller Center has done. They followed that… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Financially Failing Colleges
Aug 12, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that 150 colleges have failed the Department of Education's test of financial responsibility this year. That means these colleges could be in danger of either… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
