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  • Cost Spiral
    July 16, 2026

    Cost Spiral

    Government subsidies, price discrimination, administrative expansion, and enrollment growth have weakened the incentives for universities to control costs.
  • State Disinvestment in Higher Education Is a Myth
    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.
  • Creative Destruction Comes for the Ivory Tower
    June 1, 2026

    Creative Destruction Comes for the Ivory Tower

    Even at top schools, leaders must cut needless costs.
  • Regaining Trust Will Come at a Cost
    May 7, 2026

    Regaining Trust Will Come at a Cost

    Universities will need to cut tuition and dismantle the insider culture driving administrative excess.
  • Communism by Example
    May 5, 2026

    Communism by Example

    Colleges and universities redistribute tuition from wealthier students to fund ‘free’ perks across campus.
  • A Modest Cut to a Bloated System
    May 4, 2026

    A Modest Cut to a Bloated System

    Andrew Gillen outlines $265 billion in savings, much of it hidden in tax credits.
  • Is College Worth It? Not at These Prices.
    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.
  • Financially Illiterate Students, Meet Robinhood
    November 24, 2025

    Financially Illiterate Students, Meet Robinhood

  • UChicago’s Management Crisis
    September 25, 2025

    UChicago’s Management Crisis

  • Staying Out of Debt: A Guide for Recent Graduates
    February 28, 2025

    Staying Out of Debt: A Guide for Recent Graduates

  • August 2, 2012

    Higher Education’s ‘Obesity’ Problem

  • In Hard Times, Diversity Bureaucracies Do Well
    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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