Categories
Archives by date
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | |||
General-education courses and barriers to entry
A few days ago I made a number of suggestions for state higher education policy, the first of which was for state legislators to pay the costs of general-education courses that students currently pay in tuition and fees, at least at community colleges. This morning, Matt Reed writes that he is concerned about two consequences […]
How to fix some of public higher education in the real world, NOW.
On Sunday, I described six realities of public higher education spending, and I promised some ideas to address those realities. That sounds like a tall order, given the political and institution ambitions that drive a solid chunk of funding decisions, especially for public research universities. But let a cynical historian try his hand at a […]
Six realities of public higher education spending
With President Obama’s speech last month in Buffalo, and Dylan Matthews’ Tuition Is Too Damn High’ series in the Washington Post‘s Wonkblog, institutional and student costs have been at the focus of higher-ed policy debate at the start of this academic year. Late last week, Matthews concluded his series with a list of ideas to reduce […]
Increased tuition at research universities: Bowen, relative priorities, and net assets
Over at the Washington Post’s Wonkblog, Dylan Matthews has been tearing it up with a series of posts on increasing tuition he titled The Tuition Is Too Damn High. Thus far, the three must-reads are the following entries: Part 3: The three segments of public/non-profit higher ed, and why the tuition increased for different reasons […]
Four (or maybe five) ideas for how President Obama really could reform college financial aid
Addendum: My ideas in this blog post are now a Major Motion Picture column over at Inside Higher Ed. My observable corner of the blogiverse has been active and very sharp since the president’s speech at SUNY Buffalo and the White House dreams of reforming college financial aid. Various people I read have noted the […]