by Prof. Jack Lewis | Jul 1, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Scott Johnston | A new world for higher ed Know what a run-of-the-mill college costs these days? About $60,000 a year. This number has been skyrocketing for decades. Why? Growing demand, fixed supply. Now that’s all about to change. For many colleges, it could be a...
by Prof. Jack Lewis | Jun 17, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Arthur Herman | The median pay for public-college presidents is now $441,392, with four presidents being paid more than $1 million a year. Despite the growing evidence that colleges and universities cost too much, deliver too little and push too many young people...
by Publius | Feb 25, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Publius | More and more, college students who are seeking post-college employment are finding a Bachelors diploma is not enough proof that they are a good hire. Employers are wanting to determine if the potential employee really learned anything in school that...
by Prof. Jack Lewis | Jan 18, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Richard Vedder | Higher education is in a bubble situation—its price has risen sharply, fueled by cheap federal loan and grant money (sound familiar?) while the return on the investment has fallen. More and more college students are either not graduating or are...
by Prof. Jack Lewis | Jan 14, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Publius | This is the last of our three posts from Victor Davis Hanson’s essay on re-thinking the modern university. Imagine the concept of student loans transferred to the car industry (or, perhaps, just think Freddie and Fannie). The government would...