Near the beginning of Dickens’ novel Little Dorrit (1857), a character named Monsieur Rigaud explains to a companion, “I am a cosmopolitan gentleman. I own no particular country. My father was Swiss–Canton de Vaud. My mother was French by blood, English by birth. I myself was born in Belgium. I am a citizen of the […]
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Heavy pressures for more accountability are descending on colleges. Senators Ron Wyden and Marco Rubio want states to release data on salaries for recent grads of public colleges, and Eric Cantor pledges the same in the House. The information, the argument goes, would help parents and high school seniors make wiser choices, the reasoning goes, […]
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The push to make public the earnings of new college graduates and President Obama’s “College Scorecard,” which he touted in his State of the Union Speech last night, are promising tools to assist graduates in making the best choices of school and major. Several states have also set up similar methods of evaluating the “bang […]
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In his response to the President’s State of the Union address, Marco Rubio once again displayed his worrisome approach to higher ed policy. Though he rightfully lamented both tuition cost growth and the government’s bias against non-traditional institutions, his proposals did not address the heart of the matter. He suggested expanding federal student aid for students […]
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