A Rolls-Royce For-Profit University?
Apr 25, 2012 by Richard Vedder |
An elite, high-quality, for-profit, residential university is feasible, writes Richard Vedder.
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Obama’s Higher-Ed Agenda
Feb 14, 2012 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood surveys the Obama administration’s eight-part higher-education agenda.
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More on For-Profit Colleges
Mar 03, 2011 by Carol Iannone |
Carol Iannone questions both the real and potential merits of for-profit education.
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For-Profits Break the Monopoly on What a College Can Be
Jan 18, 2011 by Peter Wood |
In the final piece of his four-part series, Peter Wood argues that the United States needs the versatility that the for-profit sector provides.
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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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For-Profit Colleges on the Brink, Part 2
Jan 14, 2011 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood continues his series examining the case for preserving for-profits.
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For-Profit Colleges on the Brink
Jan 13, 2011 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood reviews the Obama administration’s assault on for-profit colleges in the first of a series.
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Series Asks “Should Liberal Arts Supporters Care About For-Profit Ed?”
Jan 12, 2011 by Ashley Thorne |
NAS president Peter Wood has written a four-part series considering the value of the for-profit higher education sector, and whether those who care about the liberal arts should also care about the fate of this besieged sector.… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
No Good Guys in This Fight
Dec 30, 2010 by George Leef |
The for-profit higher education industry doesn't always deserve opprobrium.
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A Regulatory Assault on For-Profit Higher Education
Aug 25, 2010 by Richard J. Bishirjian |
How the attacks on for-profit higher ed are squashing needed competition.
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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 >
Why Make Life Miserable for Proprietary Higher Ed?
Jul 30, 2010 by George Leef |
In today's Pope Center piece, Richard Bishirjian, president and founder of Yorktown University, writes about the Obama administration's moves that have a strong negative impact on for-profit higher education. The president… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Ben Wildavsky’s Book on the Globalization of Higher Ed
Jul 14, 2010 by George Leef |
That's the subject of my Clarion Call today. I like some aspects of the book. Best of all is Wildavsky's argument that we should abandon educational mercantilism -- the notion that nations have to compete to be tops… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Pullups: Outgrowing the dorm diapers and doing the real world workout
Jul 28, 2008 by Peter Wood |
If students need a grown-up university, why are colleges feeding them baby food?
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The Study Abroad Scandal, Round Two Harvard, Yale, Columbia among 25 Universities…
Jan 29, 2008 by |
The fleet of college and university programs that ferry students across the ocean to study abroad has hit stormy weather, at least in the Northeast. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has unleashed a second wave of subpoenas… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
