Richard Vedder writes for the Martin Center about universities’ attachment to expensive construction projects. According to one recent estimate, American colleges in the last few years, in a period of…
Jacob Howland devotes a Martin Center column to the need for a new university. Two viruses—one biological, the other ideological—have delivered a mortal blow to American higher education. Hundreds, maybe…
David Waugh writes for the Martin Center about 86 recent higher education mergers and closings. Since 2016, colleges and universities have fought to stay open as enrollments fall, especially liberal…
If the higher education bubble is bound to burst, those who benefit from current arrangements would like to delay that pop for as long as possible. Here’s an interesting article…
There have been a lot of enduring debates over the decades: Ginger vs. Mary Anne, Tastes Great vs. Less Filling, Global Warming Alarmism vs. Global Warming Denial. Generally, people have…
Fresh off his latest National Review cover story depicting key problems plaguing the world of higher education, Steven Hayward writes for the Powerline blog about an interesting development from Virginia.…
The latest Fortune magazine cover story focuses on the interesting ideas of billionaire Peter Thiel. The following excerpt offers just a few examples of why the cover headline proclaims “Peter…
After the housing bubble burst, the Obama administration pandered to people who had imprudently borrowed to buy houses. And now that we have a similar phenomenon, with huge numbers of…
I regularly post the well-reasoned Freeman articles of economics professor Sandy Ikeda here. I particularly like this one because it deals with the subject of higher education. He sees the…
My friend George Leef, research director for the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, writes here about a new book called New School, written by University of Tennessee law professor Glenn…
George Leef probes for Forbes readers the higher education establishment’s latest response to the bursting of the college bubble. The College Board’s recent report Education Pays: The Benefits of Higher…
Every few years, the College Board puts out a cheerleaderish paper extolling the wonders of going to college. It’s all good: the economy gets stronger, workers earn more, graduates live…