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December 17, 2024
Make America Smart Again: The Jeopardy Test for Graduation
…of difficulty has not deterred mass market viewership. Just the opposite. In 2021, Jeopardy was the most-watched nonsports program on television, averaging 9.2 million nightly viewers, and this popularity sends a message. Americans…
December 11, 2024
Some College Graduates Are Taking Lower-Paying Jobs
…more non-college pathways for these individuals to develop and prove their capabilities. A job market that values skills over degrees is possible. But there’s still a long way to go….
December 3, 2024
How States Can Shake Up the Stagnant Higher Education Market
Artificial barriers to entry have been a feature of markets for millennia, from medieval guilds to modern occupational licenses. Though often defended on the basis of consumer protection, barriers which…
December 2, 2024
Reforming State Authorization of Colleges to Boost Competition and Lower Tuition
…the market to compete down prices—and arguably suppresses innovation that typically comes from new market entrants. For aspiring colleges and universities in the United States, the first point of entry…
November 20, 2024
End Federal Loans for Graduate School
…benefits of abolishing federal lending to graduate students. In addition to imposing significant costs on taxpayers, federal student loans distort the market for graduate education. Studies have found that graduate…
November 20, 2024
Eliminate Federal Lending to Graduate and Professional Students; Revenue to Fund Block Grants to States
…the problems facing graduate student lending in the United States. The solution outlined here offers a particular interpretation of that framework using a market-oriented approach. Read the full pdf here….
November 19, 2024
We Aren’t Testing Students on the Computer Skills They Actually Need
The results of the 2023 International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS) were just released. ICILS is given to a sample of eighth-grade students and is supposed to measure their ability…
November 14, 2024
The Rotting of the College Board
…hand, has remained mostly true to its roots. It is designed to figure out what students have learned and where they should be placed and is even expanding its market…
November 13, 2024
How Trump Might Fulfill His Higher-Education Campaign Promises
…could see continued efforts to open up the accreditation market. With control of the Education Department, the new administration could accelerate the recognition of new accreditors. Colleges could then seek…
November 12, 2024
The National Assessment of Educational Progress Recompete: Is It Real Change or Lipstick on a Pig?
Key Points The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has a congressional mandate to assess American students’ academic performance over time. Unfortunately, the bureaucratic processes to select NAEP’s contractors have…