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…
Richard Vedder
American writer, economist, and distinguished professor at Ohio University
Education
Martin Center’s Leef Explores Progressivism in American Law Schools
George Leef of the Martin Center documents the negative role of progressivism within law schools across the country. Law schools in the U.S. used to be run by no-nonsense individuals…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Experts Share Concerns about Fed’s Role
National Review Online highlights a letter from more than 40 economics experts. It raises concerns about an apparent change in the Federal Reserve’s role. The Fed is among the nation’s…
Education
Martin Center column diagnoses universities’ edifice complex
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…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Big Government, Big Price Tag – Part 3
“Keep your eye on one thing and one thing only: how much government is spending, because that’s the true tax. … The thing you should keep your eye on is…
Education
Martin Center column invites ‘radical’ change for student loans
Richard Vedder writes for the Martin Center about the need for major reform of the college student loan system. A recent defense of student loans by Jason Delisle of the…
Education
Martin Center column probes N.C. colleges’ financial warning signs
Shannon Watkins of the Martin Center focuses attention on financial challenges common to N.C. colleges. Amid COVID-19, nearly every college—whether a community college or a four-year institution—is facing an unusually…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the John Locke Foundation is offering freedom-forward ideas to help government address the resulting problems. Amy Cooke discusses those ideas during the next edition of…
Education
Martin Center highlights Vedder’s diagnosis of higher ed’s ills
The latest Martin Center column features remarks from economist and higher education critic Richard Vedder, delivered recently during a speech in Raleigh. … [W]hat explains the explosion in higher education…
Education
Martin Center column exposes bad news about federal aid for college students
Richard Vedder writes for the Martin Center about new research focusing on federal financial aid for college students. For years I have railed against the dysfunctional federal student loan program.…
Education
Martin Center column explores universities’ opaque financial picture
Anthony Hennen of the Martin Center focuses on potential mislabeling of some higher education spending. Public colleges spend public money, but college officials are reluctant to make information about their…
Education
Leef asks whether higher ed can be restored
George Leef’s latest Martin Center column ponders whether higher education reform efforts have a chance of success. People who analyze and write about higher education generally fall into two camps.…