Perspectives Biden administration tries new student loan debt plan after Supreme Court ruling Spencer Irvine July 13, 2023 On the heels of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling eliminating student loan debt cancellation, the Biden administration scrambled to find…
Perspectives Rollout of government worker loan forgiveness is non-existent Spencer Irvine November 8, 2021 The past ten months of the Biden presidency begs the following question: Does everything that the Biden administration touch end…
Faculty Lounge Generation Gap Narrows For Student Debt Malcolm A. Kline August 31, 2018 Parents may finally have something in common with their children.
Perspectives Is College A Great Deal For Women? Malcolm A. Kline June 26, 2018 Women may make up more than half of the student population in most American colleges and universities but there is some evidence that this arrangement is not working out for them.
Perspectives Poor Graduation Rates are the Root Problem for Higher Education Spencer Irvine March 31, 2017 The deputy chancellor and professor of psychological and brain sciences at University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Robert Feldman, did not leave much…
Guest Articles How About “America First” for College Admissions? Cliff Kincaid February 8, 2017 In a recent article, “Surge in foreign students may be crowding Americans out of elite colleges,” The Washington Post stumbled on…
Faculty Lounge How American Higher Education Turned into a False Promise Spencer Irvine August 23, 2016 From our friend George Leef at the Pope Center: One is the proliferation of college graduates who can only find…
Faculty Lounge Washington D.C. Area has the Worst Student Loan Debt Situation in the Country Spencer Irvine August 19, 2016 From the College Fix: Six of the 10 richest counties in America are clustered around Washington, D.C. But the city…
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…
Perspectives Young Convinceables Cliff Kincaid September 23, 2015 Thanks to Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), the socialist running for president, we are learning that one of the latest examples…
Faculty Lounge Hillary Clinton Proposed $350 Billion Plan for “Debt-Free” College Spencer Irvine August 11, 2015 As Campus Reform reported, Hillary Clinton didn’t give specifics on who will actually benefit and what “wealthy” means: Hillary Clinton…
Perspectives Is Higher Education a Leisure Pool? Malcolm A. Kline May 18, 2015 A group called College Rank has helpfully compiled a list of colleges with the best leisure pools in academe, some…