Higher Education Watch
GPAs Rising, Rising, Rising

Colleges have felt pressure to reward students more and more lavishly for the same performance as higher education transformed into a “consumer-based culture” starting in the 1980s.

Higher Education Watch
Blue Civil War Escalates

Connecticut Democrats are going after Yale, for the same reason Henry VIII went after the monks and Willie Sutton went after the banks.

Higher Education Watch
College Costs Even More Than You Think

A reform agenda focusing on transparency, accountability, and competition is the best bet for starting to bring costs under control.

Higher Education Watch
Academia Is Losing Its Mind

It’s not just right-wing populists who are worried that some academic humanities fields are veering into irrelevance.

Higher Education Watch
What Would Free College Actually Look Like?

A better way to create a leaner, cheaper option for American students is through market forces, rather than diktat.

Higher Education Watch
The Case Against Free College

It’s time to shake up higher education rather than doubling down on something that seems to be working less and less well.

Higher Education Watch
One Step Toward Fixing Student Loans

Colleges that accept federal loans should be required to mandate a course in financial literacy for freshmen.

Higher Education Watch
A “Poverty Preference” in College Admissions?

In addition to opening access to elite schools, we need to create more paths to success that bypass those schools entirely.

Higher Education Watch
Study: Federal Loans Driving College Tuition Hikes

A new study finds that federal student loan programs help prop up tuition increases.

Higher Education Watch
The Affirmative Action Double-Bind

Both arguments for affirmative action—”diversity” and “reparations”—are riddled with flaws and inconsistencies.

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