Obama Bests Rubio on Higher-Ed Reform
…and the government’s bias against non-traditional institutions, his proposals did not address the heart of the matter. He suggested expanding federal student aid for students enrolled in “online courses, or…
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Student Loans to Cost at Least $35 Billion More Than Expected
…deficit for the coming decade. The CBO scores student loans as a “net negative subsidy”; this means that student loans will bring in $35 billion less of a profit, thus…
The Student Loan Problem Is Only Getting Worse
A sign of the times: Yale, Penn, and George Washington University are now suing their former students for defaulting on their student loans. The loans in question are Perkins loans,…
Why Liberals Should Want Less Spending on Colleges
…ahead, but when grants and subsidized loans are extended to less bright, less disciplined, less prepared students who are poor, the result often is academic and vocational failure as well…
How Much Do Students Really Owe?
…percent of 402 students surveyed took out loans of at least $1,000 for the current academic year; with only 7.2 percent having current loans of at least $4,500. Among NYC…
Marco Rubio’s Problematic Views on Higher Ed
…he believes Washington lacks an appreciation for technical education. So he proposed making federally-backed student loans available to those seeking technical degrees online as well as at brick-and-mortar institutions. But…
Wasteful and Inept Administrators
Are Ruining Our Colleges
…of foreign students to Asian and European schools and the slippage in the global rankings of American universities signal a serious decline — this at a time when higher education…
Some Pluses, Many Negatives for Higher Education
…growing number of students are graduating into low-income jobs, but with large student debts; A majority of entering full-time students at four-year schools fail to graduate in four years, and…
Nathan Harden: “The End of the University as We Know It”
…for many people to maintain the standard of living they experienced growing up in their parents’ homes. Students are defaulting on their loans at an unprecedented rate, too, partly a…
Obama Bails Out the Students
…You Earn” program will allow eligible student-loan borrowers to cap monthly payments at 10 percent of discretionary income, and have their federal student loans forgiven after 20 years — or…
Majoring in Fun
…in place of parents. However, student life changed in the 1960s and 1970s. The doctrine of in loco parentis was discarded in deference to student rights. Nowadays, those students who…
Don’t Worry Too Much About the Higher Ed Bubble
…the higher education establishment collapse under the weight of excessive costs, insupportable student loans, and graduates ill-prepared for the workforce. In “Conservatives and the Higher Ed ‘Bubble’,” Marks lays out…
Sending the Wrong Students to College
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We Can’t Fix Higher Ed Through Public Policy
Is it true that only some recipients of student loans are getting their money’s worth–those with “majors closely aligned with actual occupations” such as engineers or computer scientists? Daniel Foster…
We Must Embrace Higher Ed Reform
…process in order for students to be eligible for federal loans. Such a system hinders innovation, creates an inflexible college experience for students, and results in accredited courses of questionable…
Student Voices
The Candidates Flunk Education Policy
…Time piece he writes that “endless government support only fuels skyrocketing tuition.” But unfortunately Romney’s proposed solution is wishy-washy. He prefers private loans to government-subsidized student loans but gives no…
Universities Are Vocational Schools
…of applicants place high importance on the ability of degree programs to help students get a good job.” With regards to the prospective students themselves, “only” 87 percent of the…
Some Hope for Higher Ed Reform
…$125,000 in student loans. That’s nobody’s fault – it was an investment for me. We want kids to have access to information before they make this investment.” Secondly, the bill…
The Wacky World of Victim Studies
…is not. It isn’t a critique of American higher education as a whole. Bawer has nothing to say on the natural sciences, the sustainability movement, the crisis in student loans,…
Wesleyan Abandons Need-Blind Admissions
…institutions’ financial aid expenditures. The institutions responded by further improving their financial aid packages; the wealthiest eliminated all loans and the others typically eliminated loans for students coming from families…
Another College Cost: Lower Birth Rate
…year, according to recently-released research. “Thirty-six percent” of college students learned little in four years of college, and students now spend “50% less time studying compared with students a few…
When Universities Raid Their Law Schools
…chances of securing the highly paid law jobs on graduation that would enable them to repay student loans, currently face declining numbers of applicants. Nonetheless, the schools feel pressured to…
Obama Doesn’t Understand the Economics of Higher Ed
…states to assail Mitt Romney for his supposed views on financing college tution. Obama, the article notes, argued that Romney “would cut student loans and grants” but “do nothing to…
Campaign 2012: Who’s Better for Higher Ed?
…such a pivotal election year, have student loans garnered so much attention? The most obvious answer is also the most cynical one. The candidates need the student vote and feel…
Can We or Can’t We ‘Target’ Women and Minorities?
…for which Virginia College trains its students are overwhelmingly female in demographics, just like the Virginia College student body. And African-Americans form the majority of students–61 percent–even at the local…
Student Voices
Ryan’s Plan is Good for Higher Ed
…that cap would begin) and excluding students who attend school less than part-time. On the Federal Student loan front, Ryan proposes ending federally-subsidized loans, wherein the government pays the interest…
The Senate’s Assault on For-Profits
…Education gave for-profits $32 billion in student loans–25% of its budget for loans. With Pell Grants, federal aid made up 86% of for-profits’ revenue. This federal guarantee is a powerful…
Should We Pay Students to Graduate?
…so embarrassing that some universities have resorted to paying their students to graduate on time, typically via forgiven loans, tuition discounts, and scholarships for those maintaining a full load of…
College Cost “Window Stickers”
…the DOE should focus on the real reasons that students take on so much debt – easy access to federally backed low interest loans – instead of sidestepping the issue….
A Proposal to Let Bankruptcy Discharge Private Student Loans
…of a similar policy for government loans.” And here’s another point: Even students who take out federally-guaranteed student loans first often need private loans also when they reach the cap…