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February 7, 2024
Elite Colleges Need to Offer Less Affirmation. And Insist on More Work.
…and Mindy Marks calculated that in 1961 the average full-time student at a four-year college studied about 24 hours per week; by 2003, that was down to 14 hours. We’ve normalized a…
February 7, 2024
The Past and Future of Education Reform
…when yesterday’s left worked to impose bureaucratic uniformity on the nation’s schools. Rather, we’ll focus on the era of education reform that started in 1983 with the landmark report, A Nation…
January 30, 2024
Democrats in the House Have a New (Old) Plan for Higher Education
…released new legislation outlining their vision for higher education reform beyond the administration-led student loan cancellation agenda. In some sense, this marks a welcome return to normalcy, where lawmakers on both sides…
January 29, 2024
How Should Students Think About College?
In recent years, there has been a marked decline in public confidence in higher education, sparking debate on the value of a bachelor’s degree. In a new report published by…
January 19, 2024
Ninety Percent Student Attendance Won’t Solve Chronic Absenteeism
…absent. That is bad for achievement, odds of graduation, and a number of long-term markers of success. In my view, this is the greatest post-pandemic challenge for public schools. Indeed,…
December 12, 2023
Virginia’s Gov. Youngkin Offers A Republican Path On Pre-K
…access to a marketplace feature which would list and describe all available providers, searchable by zip code, hours of operation, and various other criteria. The proposal emphasizes the need to…
December 8, 2023
Biden’s Even Worse Version of “Free College”
…employees’ utilization rates. Colleges that enroll students with federal student loans should also be required to benchmark their benefits and administrative ranks against private-sector best practices, with eligibility for participation…
December 8, 2023
A Framework for Reforming Federal Graduate Student Aid Policy
…graduate and professional school, that risk to borrowers may be untenable, particularly for low-income borrowers. Without sufficient guardrails in the private lending market, borrowers at high-cost programs could be driven…
October 6, 2023
After a Banner Year for School Choice, the Challenge Is to Ensure New Programs Work
…a license or will we limit which vendors parents can choose? These market slowdowns are a huge issue. If we’re going to implement ESAs correctly, we need to make sure…
October 2, 2023
Shopping for Colleges Just Got a Little Easier for Some Students
Shopping for college can be a nightmare. As the market for consumer products has gotten easier, more transparent, and faster than ever before (read: Amazon), the market for college degrees…