College Is a Drain
May 03, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
This week brought a shower of pronouncements about how college is squandering American resources.
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Give It the Old College Try
Apr 30, 2012 by Richard Vedder |
Richard Vedder criticizes low interest student loans, which he says will not be of much benefit to students and will serve to entice people to go to college unnecessarily.
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Better Citizens: Obama’s Higher-Education Agenda, Part 4A of 8
Mar 21, 2012 by Peter Wood |
In the fourth installment of his eight-part series, Peter Wood examines the president’s goal of using American higher education to inculcate progressive political values.
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The Worst of Both Worlds
Mar 21, 2012 by George Leef |
Federal student aid programs have given us the worst of both worlds -- rising costs and falling student learning.
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Regulatory Overreach
Mar 06, 2012 by Richard Vedder |
Richard Vedder says the approval by the House of Representatives of a bill ending credit-hour and “state authorization” legislation is an important step in reining in the Obama administration.
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Princeton and Urbana Universities: A Tale of Two Schools
Mar 05, 2012 by Richard Vedder |
Tax policies favor rich colleges, even though small, struggling liberal-arts colleges probably make far better use of incremental private donations, says Richard Vedder.
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Price Controls: Obama’s Higher Ed Agenda, Part 2 of 8
Mar 01, 2012 by Peter Wood |
In the second of an eight-part series, Peter Wood examines the president’s newly announced goal of capping tuition increases via federally imposed price controls.
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Why They Seem to Rise Together: Federal Aid and College Tuition
Feb 21, 2012 by George Leef, Hans Bader, Herbert London, Peter Wood, Richard Vedder |
Peter Wood, Richard Vedder, George Leef, Hans Bader, and Herbert London weigh in on the Center for College Affordability and Productivity's new study on whether colleges raise tuition when they receive federal aid.
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Bennett, Biden, and Boondoggles
Feb 20, 2012 by Richard Vedder |
The vice president appears to be the latest to agree that federal student-aid programs are contributing to rising college costs, writes Richard Vedder.
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The Virtues of a Free Market in Postsecondary Education
Jan 25, 2012 by George Leef |
A bid for eliminating federal intervention and coercion of higher education.
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Are Outside Donors Dangerous to Academe?
Jan 18, 2012 by George Leef |
Mr. Walter dismisses the claimed threat of outside influence on academic matters.
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FIRE Sends Open Letter to OCR on Sexual Harassment, NAS Co-Signs
Jan 06, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
We collaborate with FIRE against OCR guidelines that trivialize sexual harassment with severe results to the careers of those frivolously charged.
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Video: Neal McCluskey on Student Loans Driving up Tuition
Dec 13, 2011 by |
The associate director of the Center for Educational Freedom discusses college cost inflation with Andy Nash.
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Peter Wood is Witness at Hearing on Value of Social Sciences to Taxpayers
Jun 06, 2011 by Ashley Thorne |
Peter Wood urged for "cuts to be made shrewdly" to national funding for the social sciences.
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Video: Peter Wood Gives Congressional Testimony on Social Science Research
Jun 02, 2011 by Ashley Thorne |
Peter Wood argues before Congress that the National Science Foundation (NSF) should continue to fund research in the social, behavioral, and economic sciences, but that it should make strategic cuts to unscientific programs.
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