August 30, 2019
The top Democratic presidential candidates' positions on higher education reveal they fail to grasp the fundamental questions of what college is for and why intellectual freedom matters.
August 15, 2018
"LBJ's federal interventions created a system in which students are the greatest losers."
April 17, 2017
Ivy League universities picked up $41.59 billion in taxpayer-funded payments. How do these universities spend their share of the public purse?
April 11, 2017
An alternative to student loans, ISAs allow for private investors to pay a student's tuition for returns in future income.
March 27, 2014
Amy L. Wax and Isaac N. Cohen review the book, Paying for the Party: How College Maintains Inequality.
July 17, 2013
CFOs lack confidence in their institutions' financial sustainability, Loyola University fails to enroll enough students to make budget, and the University of Wisconsin announces a "flexible option...
August 17, 2012
Peter Wood reviews a recent report that found that a third of American colleges and universities have unhealthy financial outlooks.
August 9, 2012
In California, shrinking budgets and enrollment numbers could have been the occasion for a redirection -- raising standards and trying to regain focus on the core mission of higher education.
