Student debt and undergraduate enrollment may still be growing, but grad schools are starting to feel the pinch. The New York Times reports that graduate program enrollment has fallen for the second year in a row: The declines followed surges in enrollment in 2008 and 2009 as many unemployed workers sought a haven during the recession. […]

The $10,000 BA is an idea whose time has come. In response to a call to action in Governor Rick Perry’s 2011 State of the State address, universities across Texas have been trying to figure out how to offer low-cost degrees. While some universities have discounted some of their degrees, only the University of Texas […]

Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda vowed never to compromise with China over the disputed Senkaku Islands on Wednesday in New York: . . .they are an integral part of our territory in the light of history and of international law. . . . It is very clear and there are no territorial issues as such. […]

Greece is in deep trouble. The government is broke, the people are rioting in the streets, and the country’s days in the Eurozone are numbered. But Greece’s ruling political parties are now facing a financial crisis that really hits them where it hurts: they’re nearly bankrupt.In Greece, political parties receive state funding based on their performance […]

California may be falling behind in many ways, but the state took a major step forward when Governor Jerry Brown signed a law officially legalized the use of self-driving cars in the Golden State earlier this week.While self-driving cars have never actually been illegal, Google and other developers have pushed for measures like this so […]

Coal and gold production was shut down in three more South African mines on Tuesday as the mine strikes that have rocked the country for over a month continue to spread. These latest strikes were largely inspired by the workers at the Marikana platinum mine, who ultimately received a sizable pay raise after a month-long struggle.South […]

When Mario Draghi announced the ECB’s massive bond-buying program earlier this month, many began to wonder whether this might be the real deal. Would the bond-buying program finally calm the markets long enough for Europe to get its house in order, or would it meet the same fate as past rescue efforts and wear off […]

Sunday’s labor riots at China’s iPhone manufacturing plants shed more light on one of the deep structural problems facing the Communist Party. As the WSJ writes: The riot raises questions about the sustainability of China’s vaunted manufacturing machine. And it poses a challenge to the government that is struggling to satisfy the soaring expectations of […]

Is Hezbollah helping Assad stay afloat? Sure looks like it, says the Washington Post. The terrorist group is reportedly helping to train the Syrian army, advising Syrian state media on propaganda, and even sending fighters to battle the rebels. And the U.S. government is taking notice: This month, the U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions against Hasan Nasrallah and […]

College tuition is going up. By a lot. This Bloomberg chart shows tuition fees increasing four times faster than the Consumer Price Index over the past three decades, and nearly twice as fast as medical expenses. The recent data is even worse, with costs increasing even faster than before since the mid-2000s.Apologists for the current higher-ed system […]