Perspectives New York Agrees on ‘Free Tuition’ Deal, but It Freezes Out Private Colleges Spencer Irvine April 11, 2017 “Free college tuition” deal is reached in New York, but it really is not “free” since it could cost taxpayers at least $163 million.
Faculty Lounge Minnesota could have Tuition-Free College for Families Earning less than $125,000/year Spencer Irvine January 29, 2017 From The College Fix: A Minnesota lawmaker wants to make sure that financial uncertainty is never the reason a student…
Faculty Lounge Free-College-Tuition Activist Students Arrested for Blocking Chicago Traffic on Michigan Avenue Spencer Irvine October 28, 2016 These students are trying to put pressure on a backer of Illinois’ governor Bruce Rauner. Yeah, but there were only…
Faculty Lounge Hillary Clinton’s College Plan Makes the Wrong Assumptions Spencer Irvine October 5, 2016 George Leef at Forbes makes the case of why the Clinton campaign is misunderstanding the issues with higher education at…
Faculty Lounge Some Educators Doubt the Reality of Hillary Clinton’s College Plan Spencer Irvine This is an interesting article by the New York Times: Pushed to the left by Mr. Sanders’s promises of free…
Faculty Lounge Free Online College Tuition for Union Members at a Ohio Community College Spencer Irvine September 3, 2016 From Inside Higher Ed: Eastern Gateway Community College in Steubenville, Ohio, is opening up its online courses to the more…
Faculty Lounge Hillary Clinton’s Adoption of Bernie Sanders’ ‘Free’ College Tuition would Cost $35 Billion Spencer Irvine August 1, 2016 Considering that the U.S. government already is running a deficit, adding $35 billion to it is not conducive to financial…
Faculty Lounge Hillary Clinton Adopts Bernie Sanders’ Free College Tuition Proposal Spencer Irvine July 8, 2016 Even though it makes little economic or pragmatic sense, Hillary Clinton has adopted rival Bernie Sanders’ free college tuition plan…
Faculty Lounge Study: Bernie Sanders’ Free College Plan would Benefit the Rich, Not the Poor Spencer Irvine May 2, 2016 A study by the left-leaning Brookings Institute found that Bernie Sanders’ free college tuition plan would benefit the rich and…
Video The Truth about Bernie Sanders’ Free College Pipe Dream Spencer Irvine March 24, 2016 Here is a recent video that our sister organization, Accuracy in Media, did on Bernie Sanders’ free college plan.
Faculty Lounge Democratic Congressman: Bernie Sanders’ Free College Plan will Kill HBCUs Spencer Irvine February 26, 2016 Jim Clyburn, a Democratic congressman in South Carolina, opposes Bernie Sanders’ free college plan because he thinks it will kill…
Faculty Lounge Dear Millennials: We Can’t Afford ‘Free’ College Tuition Spencer Irvine February 25, 2016 It’s a great take from the Independent Institute. There is no such thing as a free lunch, as the old…
