Education (higher)
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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Tuesday, March 18, 2008Remedial Education in CollegeFiled As: Education (higher), Education (k-12)The Public Interest Institute, an Iowa-based organization, offers some praise and criticisms of higher education in the state. Its recent policy report, Iowa Higher ... more »»
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Friday, March 7, 2008More on Prisons than Colleges. Got a Problem with That?Filed As: Education (higher), GeneralFour states spend more on prisons than on colleges. The blog of the Acton Institute says not to worry: criminal justice is much more obviously a proper function of the state than is running ... more »»
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Monday, January 7, 2008The Cost of College TextbooksFiled As: Education (higher)With the start of the new year is the start of another academic term on college campuses—and another bout of articles about the high price of textbooks. One paper in more »»
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007A 4-Year College: The Best 8 Years of My LifeFiled As: Education (higher)Are the nation's colleges at risk? In 2005, the Spellings Commission was created to call for reforms of the nation's higher education system. Call it "A nation at risk" for college. The whole enterprise ... more »»
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