Faculty Lounge What are We Getting from Ballooning Student Loans? Not Much Spencer Irvine November 4, 2015 Megan McArdle’s great take on the crazy environment that is America’s $1 trillion student loan bubble.
Faculty Lounge Where Student Loans = Revenue for Colleges, Universities Spencer Irvine November 2, 2015 Eye-opening chart from the Academe Blog, who cited a Brookings Institute chart.
Faculty Lounge 50% of College Graduates say College Education was Worth The Cost Spencer Irvine October 8, 2015 As The Chronicle of Higher Education reported, only half of recent college graduates say their undergraduate education and cost were…
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…
Perspectives College Debt is the New Normal Malcolm A. Kline September 3, 2015 Professorial types are excited by a plan, courtesy of Michael L. Hays of New Mexico, to solve the college debt crisis….
Perspectives Alternative to the U.S. News College Rankings: Best Bang for Your Buck Spencer Irvine August 29, 2015 A welcome alternative to the U.S. News college rankings. If you’re looking for an alternative to the U. S. News…
Perspectives Hillary Clinton’s Higher Ed Tax Increase Spencer Irvine August 26, 2015 Hillary Clinton recently unveiled her higher education plan to reduce college student loan debt. As the Americans for Tax Reform…
Faculty Lounge Student Loan Debt: Now at $1.27 Trillion Spencer Irvine August 15, 2015 Holy cow, that’s a lot of money and student loan debt. The national debt is at least $18 trillion, so…
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…
Faculty Lounge Tuition Increases Swallow Up Financial Aid Packages Spencer Irvine July 14, 2015 Two-thirds of financial aid packages are swallowed up by tuition increases. Federal Reserve Bank study finds.
Faculty Lounge New Jersey Lawmaker Proposes Lottery System to Pay Off Student Loan Debt Spencer Irvine July 12, 2015 Only in New Jersey, as Campus Reform reported: “There may be a new way to pay off student debt in…
Faculty Lounge Marco Rubio says if He’s President, He’ll Bust the Higher Ed “Cartel” Spencer Irvine July 10, 2015 The College Fix reported: “Today’s colleges and universities are like early-America textile artisans who tried to fight the “power loom,”…
