February 22, 2012

Supersizing: Obama's Higher Education Agenda, Part 1 of 8

Peter Wood

In the first of an eight-part series, Peter Wood examines the president’s longstanding goal of making America the nation with the highest percentage of college graduates.

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February 22, 2012

SCOTUS Agrees to Hear Fisher Case

Ward Connerly

The decision of the Supreme Court to hear the Fisher v. UT case is potentially of historic significance.

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February 21, 2012

The Vocabulary of Virtue

David Clemens

You can’t end racism by practicing racism, even when you pretend it is virtuous.

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February 21, 2012

NAS Commends Supreme Court for Taking Fisher Case on Racial Preferences

PRESS RELEASE: The Supreme Court agrees to hear what may become a landmark case on the diversity rationale for racial preferences in college admissions.

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February 21, 2012

Why They Seem to Rise Together: Federal Aid and College Tuition

Peter Wood

Peter Wood, Richard Vedder, George Leef, Hans Bader, and Herbert London weigh in on the Center for College Affordability and Productivity's new study on whether colleges raise tuition when they re......

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February 20, 2012

Ratcheting Down on Student Ability

George Leef

Difference in results between an "honors" section and regular section is revealing.

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February 20, 2012

Bennett, Biden, and Boondoggles

Richard Vedder

The vice president appears to be the latest to agree that federal student-aid programs are contributing to rising college costs, writes Richard Vedder.

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February 17, 2012

Higher Education's Increasing Disdain for Virtue

Richard Vedder

The rankings scandal at Claremont McKenna College is just the latest example of colleges deceiving the public, writes Richard Vedder.

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February 17, 2012

Beware of FAFSA!

George Leef

Unintended consequences of federal student aid.

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