by Prof. Jack Lewis | Jan 28, 2015 | Grey Matter
By Mitchell E. Daniels | In 2010-13, the percentage of younger people owning part of a new business dropped to 3.6% from 6.1%. To the growing catalog of damage caused by the decades-long run-up in the cost of higher education, we may have to add another casualty. On...
by Prof. Jack Lewis | Aug 25, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Matthew Abrams | Education systems that incorporate human interaction and multidimensional learning are poised to change what and how we learn. While the flipped classroom, EdX, and portfolio-based learning all exemplify the tremendous evolution that is taking...
by Publius | Aug 20, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Derek Thompson | Forget about the mythical throngs of Ivy-educated baristas. Companies have essentially frozen entry-level salaries for even the smartest graduates. When young people do things that confound the rest of the country—like take forever to find their...
by Prof. Jack Lewis | May 19, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Stephen Moore | ‘We don’t do debt here,’ says College of the Ozarks President Jerry C. Davis. Looking for the biggest bargain in higher education? I think I found it in this rural Missouri town, 40 miles south of Springfield, nestled in the...
by Prof. Jack Lewis | Jan 13, 2014 | Grey Matter
By Glenn Harlan Reynolds | For Too Many Americans, College Today Isn’t Worth It. In the field of higher education, reality is outrunning parody. A recent feature on the satire website the Onion proclaimed, “30-Year-Old Has Earned $11 More Than He Would...
