Higher Education Bubble Next to Burst?
If you or a family member are weighing a decision about whether or how much college loan money to request from the government next fall, consider this nugget from Michael Barone’s column on the coming...
View ArticleCalifornia, Illinois DREAM Acts Becoming Law
The International Business Times chronicles another blow to the meaning of American citizenship: The Illinois DREAM Act would make undocumented students eligible for private college scholarships and...
View ArticleMark Cuban on Higher Ed Costs Could be Advice for Romney
Tech billionaire and owner of the reigning NBA Champion Dallas Mavericks Mark Cuban correctly identifies the disconnect between the way policymakers talk about higher education spending and its true...
View ArticleColleges and Car Dealerships
Following on to Tim’s excellent post earlier this week about the cost of higher education, this observation by the American Enterprise Institute’s Norman Ornstein bears noting: Colleges have become a...
View ArticleBureaucrats, Techies, and Higher Ed: Behold the Obama Coalition
Interesting new data from Open Secrets, which tallies the top donors to the presidential candidates (note: these are not corporate donations, but money from PACs, as well as from individuals and their...
View Article“Affordable” ObamaCare Lowers Standard of Living
The Wall Street Journal shows us that the price of “affordable” health care is a reduced standard of living: The Affordable Care Act requires large employers to offer a minimum level of health...
View ArticleNapolitano Leaving DHS for UC Presidency
The Los Angeles Time is reporting that Janet Napolitano is resigning as Secretary of Homeland Security to become the president of the 10-campus University of California system. Beyond the flashy...
View ArticleWhy College Prices Keep Going Up
A few weeks ago, I wrote here about the fact that Congress’ ‘fix’ to interest rates on college loans was small potatoes compared to the rapid inflation in the underlying principal. Moreover, I noted,...
View ArticleWelcome to California Higher Ed, Janet
If you think President Barack Obama has a difficult job delivering an on-the-fly speech about the situation in Syria, consider what his former Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano is about...
View ArticleHow the GOP Can Win Asian Voters
The Los Angeles Times has a fairly one-sided story reporting on the GOP’s nascent attempt to recapture Asian voters ahead of the 2014 elections. According to the Times writer, while Asians would seem...
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