Higher education

Friday, May 24, 2013

Student loan interest rate drama — it’s back, in a limited engagement!

Andrew P. Kelly | May 13, 2013, 10:26 am

Just when I thought we might avoid a second annual edition of the “student loan interest rate follies,” a handful of lawmakers stepped up to the plate and set the stage for a sequel last week. That’s the beauty of … read more >

Carpe Diem

No commencement speaker will mention the huge gender college degree gap for the class of 2013 favoring women

Mark J. Perry | May 13, 2013, 12:45 am

The chart above shows the huge college degree gap by gender for the class of 2013 (data here). Based on Department of Education estimates, women will earn a disproportionate share of college degrees at every level of higher education this … read more >

Carpe Diem

Is there a connection between college grade inflation and the higher education bubble?

Mark J. Perry | April 18, 2013, 3:22 pm

Background: At the website GradeInflation.com, researcher and retired Duke University professor Stuart Rojstaczer has assembled an historical database on grades and GPAs from more than 230 US colleges (with a combined enrollment of more than two million undergraduate students) going … read more >

Carpe Diem, Society and Culture, Education

The higher education bubble is starting to deflate

Mark J. Perry | April 17, 2013, 5:39 pm

Instapundit blogger and law professor Glenn Reynolds has written quite a bit about the “higher education bubble” and released a book last year with that exact title. Following Glenn’s recent visit to the Atlanta Fed to discuss the higher education … read more >

Pethokoukis

The deflating higher education bubble: What next?

James Pethokoukis | April 16, 2013, 9:41 am

The folks at the Atlanta Fed are much impressed by Instapundit Glenn Reynold’s argument that the higher education “bubble” can’t go on forever. Two compelling facts, the intersection of which forms the basis of Glenn’s argument: 1. The median wage … read more >

Society and Culture, Education

You’re waitlisted for college. Now what?

KC Deane | April 1, 2013, 1:58 pm

If you’re a high school senior, or the parent of a high school senior, you probably already know this: college admission decisions went out last week. For those who were accepted at the school of your dreams, congratulations! For those … read more >

Society and Culture, Education

Banter #94: The 10K-B.A.

Stuart James | March 22, 2013, 5:02 pm

In the latest episode of the AEI’s Banter podcast, AEI research fellow Andrew Kelly talks about the future of higher education. With state education budgets being cut, how are colleges and universities adapting? Andrew outlines the good (digital education, merit … read more >

Society and Culture, Education

Hitting the higher education gas pedal

Andrew P. Kelly and KC Deane | March 21, 2013, 4:52 pm

As readers of AEIdeas know, American higher education is at an inflection point. State appropriations are declining nationally, tuition keeps rising, and student loan debt is ballooning. Families are beginning to question whether college is still worth it. As traditional … read more >

Society and Culture, Education

When it comes to alternative accreditation, the ‘who’ matters just as much as the ‘how’

Andrew P. Kelly | February 22, 2013, 4:25 pm

As I discussed last week, the president left the intriguing higher education news to the SOTU fact sheet. He called on Congress to create a “new alternative system of accreditation that would provide pathways for higher education models and colleges … read more >

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Society and Culture, Education

Obama on higher education: Déjà vu except in the notes

Andrew P. Kelly | February 13, 2013, 9:59 am

President Obama’s speech said nothing new about higher education. But like most law professors, he buried the real substance in the footnotes. In last year’s State of the Union, the president had his “Stephen Colbert” moment on higher education: He … read more >