Education
Martin Center Column Questions Value of College Exit Exam
Walt Gardner writes for the Martin Center about a proposal designed to boost the value of a college degree. It’s old news by now that the wage premium attached to…
Employability
Education
Martin Center Column Explores ‘Blowing Boiler’ of American Higher Education
Michael Pearce writes for the Martin Center about two major problems for American universities. The need for change in the visual arts may offer a way to fix two of…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Martin Center column touts industry-backed certificate programs
Laurence Peterson writes for the Martin Center about a useful alternative to traditional higher education. Even though experts believe college is still worth the cost, employers question the value to…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Martin Center column ponders college’s value during a crisis
Chloe Anagnos argues in a Martin Center column that young Americans “don’t need college” during a time of crisis. The American economy is deteriorating “with alarming speed,” Federal Reserve Chair…
Education
Martin Center column highlights job skills that colleges don’t teach
Chloe Anagnos writes for the Martin Center about an important omission from the typical college education. Every college student knows that, once they graduate, landing the job of their dreams…
Liberty
What Do Employers Really Want?
The Pope Center for Higher Education Policy’s website carries an interesting piece about skills employers are looking for, written by Champion Mitchell, a member of the UNC Board of Governors.…
Liberty
The Impact Of College Grade Inflation
This Wall Street Journal interview delves into a new nationally normed test for colleges seniors that will be administered by some colleges. The test comes in the wake of employers…
Liberty
Paying Attention To The Practical Value Of A Degree
It’s not just our governor who thinks higher education should be more closely aligned with job prospects and tangible, marketable skills. Business schools have realized the value of an MBA…
Liberty
Linda Chavez on the higher ed bubble
While Obama keeps pushing higher education as a kind of magic elixir for our economic ailments, the fact of the matter is that the resources we devote to it are…
Liberty
Higher education issues
While Congress is focusing attention on credit card companies’ role in college students’ increasing debt loads, Jenna Ashley Robinson of the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy assigns more importance…
Liberty
College graduates’ skills
The Conference Board released a report in October finding that college graduates are generally weak in the skills that matter most to employers — communications. I write here about the…