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Competition, the American Way

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by RealClear Wire on April 25, 2024 and is crossposted here with permission. Our K-12 educational system is designed to serve much less than 50 percent of American students. For decades the cry has been that “all kids must go to college.” Yet, only a minority do so and fewer graduate. […]

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Those Accountability Rules for Student Loans

This past Monday, the Department of Education proposed “gainful employment” rules that will regulate postsecondary vocational programs, primarily those offered by for-profit colleges, on the basis of their graduates’ ability to pay back their federal student loans. Proponents of higher education reform should welcome this move, but not because it targets unscrupulous actors in the […]

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