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Welcome to Bidenomics, where the president’s plans to fix the student debt crisis could drive up both inflation and the overall cost of college, while doing nothing to fix the root of the problem, and cost taxpayers as much as $1 trillion.
Published: Tuesday, August 30th, 2022 @ 11:46 am
By: Daily Wire
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After being notified that contractors would enter his room to install a radiator at famed progressive liberal arts college Oberlin College, where the cost of attendance can run as high as $80,000 a year, a young male college student wrote in the campus paper.
Published: Saturday, May 7th, 2022 @ 2:46 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The cost of college textbooks has increased at an alarming rate. According to the College Board, the average student spends more than $1,200 on books and materials each year
Published: Friday, November 30th, 2018 @ 9:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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High school seniors could apply to any community college, nearly all private colleges, and six of the 10 public universities in North Carolina for free last week (October 15-19) as part of the annual NC Countdown to College
Published: Sunday, October 28th, 2018 @ 3:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It was a bad idea for the federal government ever to get into the business of financing college with its various grants and loans, but at least in the old days, most of the money loaned was eventually repaid
Published: Sunday, December 18th, 2016 @ 2:10 am
By: John William Pope Center
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A bill that would increase access to information about the costs, benefits, and consequences of college degrees available in North Carolina passed the state House on Wednesday by a vote of 101-16 and has been placed on Monday's Senate calendar
Published: Monday, June 20th, 2016 @ 3:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Politicians are usually eager to be generous with the money taken from taxpayers, especially when it helps them gain favor with some interest group
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 11:19 am
By: John William Pope Center
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A barrage of articles in the popular press points out the escalating cost of higher education, rising student debt levels, and the financial struggles many colleges and universities face
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 4:45 am
By: John William Pope Center
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One day, Bill Bennett may be best remembered for saying (in 1987, while he was President Reagan's education secretary) that government student aid was largely responsible for the fact that the cost of going to college kept rising. What is called the "Bennett Hypothesis" has been heavily debated
Published: Wednesday, July 29th, 2015 @ 10:07 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Every time a new study comes out regarding the "payoff" from college, I wonder: Will this finally be the one that takes note of widespread underemployment among recent grads and comprehends the impact of credential inflation?
Published: Saturday, April 19th, 2014 @ 6:48 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The cost of a college education is rising. That fact has led Robert Samuels, president of the University Council-American Federation of Teachers, to conclude that college should be free. To accomplish that goal, Samuels suggests that the federal government should pick up the tab for all higher...
Published: Tuesday, December 24th, 2013 @ 1:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The September issue of Money (a Time, Inc. publication) featured an article titled "Busting the 5 Myths of College Costs" by Penelope Wang. It claimed that many of the assumptions that parents hold on how to reduce the cost of college are outdated or wrong. Wang promised to give the...
Published: Friday, October 4th, 2013 @ 12:21 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Higher education is not on a sustainable path. Underlying business models are crumbling, costs are spiraling, and there is for the first time significant doubt in the minds of parents and employers about the value of a college degree.
Published: Wednesday, February 13th, 2013 @ 1:11 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Empty classrooms could boost cost of college to students
Published: Monday, November 26th, 2012 @ 11:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Protests across the country inspired by Occupy Wall Street featured plenty of people in their 20s. They fumed about everything from a lack of jobs to the cost of a college education.
Published: Saturday, March 10th, 2012 @ 8:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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