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July 16, 2026
Cost Spiral
Government subsidies, price discrimination, administrative expansion, and enrollment growth have weakened the incentives for universities to control costs.
June 19, 2026
State Disinvestment in Higher Education Is a Myth
The data show that states have increased funding to colleges and universities for decades, undermining a popular explanation for rising tuition.
June 1, 2026
Creative Destruction Comes for the Ivory Tower
Even at top schools, leaders must cut needless costs.
May 7, 2026
Regaining Trust Will Come at a Cost
Universities will need to cut tuition and dismantle the insider culture driving administrative excess.
May 5, 2026
Communism by Example
Colleges and universities redistribute tuition from wealthier students to fund ‘free’ perks across campus.
May 4, 2026
A Modest Cut to a Bloated System
Andrew Gillen outlines $265 billion in savings, much of it hidden in tax credits.
March 13, 2026
Is College Worth It? Not at These Prices.
Until university presidents are willing to cut their own salaries and double teaching loads, their reform talk is just politics.
November 24, 2025
Financially Illiterate Students, Meet Robinhood
September 25, 2025
UChicago’s Management Crisis
February 28, 2025
Staying Out of Debt: A Guide for Recent Graduates
August 2, 2012
Higher Education’s ‘Obesity’ Problem
August 2, 2012
In Hard Times, Diversity Bureaucracies Do Well
July 18, 2012
Elite College ($50,000 a Year) or Good State School ($20,000)?
July 17, 2012
A College with 90,000 Students May Go Under
June 12, 2012
The Higher Ed Bubble–Not as Big as You Think
May 17, 2012
Cheaper Student Loans–A Bad Idea Whose Time Has Come
September 6, 2011
Women’s Studies Professor Takes a Vacation
August 5, 2011
After Graduation, Get a Job Immediately, or Else
June 28, 2011
Sometimes Tuition Increases Are Good News
June 6, 2011
The Financial Pressure on Faculty
May 22, 2011
Why University Presidents Are Clueless About the Real World
April 25, 2011
Why Do the Big Donors Give?
April 15, 2011
In Praise of Ideological Openness
April 13, 2011
Should University Flagships Go It Alone?
February 17, 2011
Highly Stressed Students and the Aimless Curriculum
October 15, 2010
A Fishy Proposal for Albany
August 9, 2010
Who Pays the Hidden Cost of University Research?
July 8, 2010
What Happened at Berkeley in November
March 11, 2010
How the Campuses Helped Ruin California’s Economy
March 5, 2010
Why The Student Protesters Are Wrong
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