Education (higher)
Wednesday, August 27, 2008Is College Worth the Cost?By John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (higher)Walter E. Williams asks whether college is worth the cost, given the unprepared nature of many of today's students. Close to half (45%) of college freshmen never graduate; only a quarter of students who took the ACT ... more »»
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Friday, August 22, 2008Are Adjunct Faculty Bad for College Students?By John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (higher)The John William Pope Center look at a recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education and concludes that adjunct faculty can be good for students and universities: "it’s likely that cost-benefit ... more »»
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Thursday, August 21, 2008College for All? Perhaps NotBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (higher)Writing for the John William Pope Center, George Leef argues that not every child should strive for college. Leef bases his remarks on a new book by Charles Murray, who says we are "asking too much from ... more »»
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008Intellectual Diversity at U of GeorgiaBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (higher)The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) claims a victory at the University of Georgia, which is taking steps to improve intellectual diversity on its campus.
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008Teach the Children WellBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (higher), GeneralThe health of our republic depends on public education. I don't mean government-run schools. Rather, I mean the education of the public--about important principles of economics and constitutional government. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy has a project, "more »»
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008What's More Rare than a Conservative Professor?A libertarian social worker in Rhode Island By John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (higher)Today's Wall Street Journal has an article (subscriber link) about a plan by the chancellor of the University of Colorado (famously left-learning) to create a chair of endowed thought. Since I have spent time ... more »»
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008The High Cost of Alabama's Higher EducationFiled As: Education (higher)Alabama's Legislature is one roll call away from providing a tax break to Alabama families who save for their children's college expenses. Legislation is pending in the Alabama Senate that would provide a tax deduction for families making a contribution of up to $5,000 per year to either of ... more »»
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Thursday, April 10, 2008Higher Ed, Higher SpendingFiled As: Education (higher)USA Today has some hits and some misses in its editorial on the soaring costs of college. As it points out, there's an arms race of facilities, with students wowed by impressive student life centers. And there's a lot ... more »»
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Friday, April 4, 2008Fewer Students, More Campuses?Filed As: Education (higher)How many colleges does a state need? Writing for the Dakota Voice, Gordon Garnos points to some work by South Dakota's market-focused think tank, the Great Plains Public Policy Institute, suggesting that perhaps the state has all the campuses it ... more »»
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Thursday, March 27, 2008Can Academic Excellence Survive the Faculty Union?Filed As: Education (higher)American universities are place where individuals advance the field of knowledge as far as their talents can take them. But is that compatible with the nothing-but-seniority ethic and rule-bound thinking of unionization? And is freedom of thought compatible with forced union membership? Writing for ... more »»
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