by Publius | Dec 2, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Ben Velderman | Have you heard the one about the 115,520 janitors who have a college degree? That might sound like the setup for a joke, but it’s not. It’s a statistic from the U.S. Department of Labor, and it’s gotten a lot of attention as Americans are...
by Publius | Oct 9, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Joe Barrett | Survey Finds More School Officials Concerns About Keeping Up Enrollment Maintaining strong enrollment is becoming a bigger worry for college administrators as cash-strapped families begin to balk at rising tuition bills, according to a survey by...
by Prof. Jack Lewis | Aug 28, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Elise Grafe | ‘Free’ college in Oregon comes with 20-year price tag. College payment plan asks nothing of students up-front, collects dues later. Students walking across the campus of Oregon State University, in Corvallis, Ore. (Associated...
by Prof. Jack Lewis | Aug 12, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Cameron McWhirter and Douglas Belkin | Loyola University New Orleans faces a $9.5 million budget gap caused by 25% fewer freshmen this fall than it had expected. As Loyola University New Orleans gears up for fall classes next month, the 101-year-old Jesuit...
by Publius | Jul 10, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Anne D. Neal | Baltimore Sun | Maryland’s public honors college charges too much and delivers too little, and prospective students are starting to catch on. “Please sir, I want some more.” The famous phrase of Oliver Twist would seem tragically...
