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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Social Justice Revival?
Jan 31, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
Whatever “social justice” is, it’s certainly not poor.
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US Education Dept. Flunks Statisitics 101
Jan 26, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
Preparing a report for possible use in analyzing eligibility for student loans by race, the Department of Education forgot to include African American default data. Mr. Ricketts wonders why.
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Are College Presidents Paid Too Much? NAS’s Herb London Weighs In
Dec 12, 2011 by Ashley Thorne |
Herb opines that some presidents may deserve the high salaries they receive, but often their income can hurt morale at a university if faculty members perceive it as unfairly extravagant.
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Historian Victor Davis Hanson on American Higher Ed
Nov 23, 2011 by George Leef |
Former Cal State Fresno history professor Victor Davis Hanson writes here about the sad history of American higher ed over the last 50 years. He refers to "the Fannie and Freddie university" meaning that higher ed has been politicized,… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Profitable Nonprofits
Aug 17, 2011 by George Leef |
Professor Vance Fried in “Federal Higher Education Policy and the Profitable Nonprofits” argues that nonprofit colleges act like profit-making enterprises, but they simply spend their excess revenues in ways that keep… Continue Reading | 1 Comment >
The Double Whammy
Aug 03, 2011 by George Leef |
Jay Schalin writes about the phenomenon of entities that live off taxpayer money using some of that money to lobby for still more money. Specifically, he’s looking at the University of North Carolina, which pays out a lot… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Reasons for College Inefficiency: Misallocation and Underutilization
Jul 25, 2011 by George Leef |
The U.S. devotes a lot of resources to higher education but gets a pretty low return, argues Richard Vedder.
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UNC System Continues Building Spree
Jul 25, 2011 by George Leef |
Will Jakes writes about the continuing building spree in the UNC system. Is this a good use of resources? It's very questionable.
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Professor Decries Administrative Bloat
Jul 14, 2011 by George Leef |
The latest "Irascible Professor" piece is a guest column by Ralph Westfall, who teaches at Cal Poly Pomona. He decries the increasingly bloated administrative apparatus -- more and more administrators, often paid better than the… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
How to Save the Social Sciences
Jun 13, 2011 by Peter Wood |
NAS President Peter Wood explains how to approach NSF funding in the social sciences during a national budgetary crisis.
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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 on Higher Ed Reform
May 20, 2011 by |
At "Higher Education Reform: Where the Right and the Left Meet," NAS president Peter Wood spoke about what's wrong with higher ed and what we can do to fix it.
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The UNC System Finally Takes a Budget Hit
Apr 18, 2011 by George Leef |
In today's Pope Center piece, Jay Schalin writes about this year's budget battle in North Carolina, in which the UNC system, despite all its friends in high places, taken a hit. Evidently, the old "spend more on higher… Continue Reading | 1 Comment >
Budget Cuts Loom for “Frivolous” Language Programs
Apr 15, 2011 by Ashley Thorne |
Will reduced federal funding for Title VI foreign language study hurt national competence or help cut academic waste?
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