I’m Getting $250,000 In Student Loans, And Taxpayers Shouldn’t Bail Me Out
Personal responsibility? Not necessary. 2020 Democrats have got you covered with their immoral wealth transfer policies.
Adults Need To Help Students Stay Away From Colleges They Can’t Afford
Just as with every other spending decision in life, not every prospective college kid can afford his or her ‘dream school.’ Adults need to help students make prudent choices about their financial future.
Trump Admin Finally Repeals ‘Gainful Employment’ Regulation, But Keeps Its Underlying Bad Idea
The DeVos Department of Education recently repealed the Obama administration’s gainful employment rule. But its replacement still leaves much to be desired.
If Your ‘Dream College’ Will Leave You In Major Debt, Go Somewhere Else
Two decades ago, I turned down the opportunity for an Ivy League education—not because I couldn’t get accepted, but because I couldn’t afford the acceptance. It worked out well.
6 Serious Counterproposals To Democrats’ Insane Higher Ed Bailouts
The student loan debt bubble will soon burst, and the proper solution is not to throw $1.6 trillion of taxpayers’ money at a government-created problem.
Millennials Should Work Their Behinds Off To Pay Their Own College Debt, Like I Did
We weren’t too good to take what we could get to pay our own way in life, and nobody else is, either. If you want your student loans to go away, get a job. Get two if you have to.
Taking On Student Debt To Pursue A Degree Is A Consensual Choice
Bernie Sanders floats a college debt cancellation plan sure to please many, but giving handouts to the wealthy and educated among us is deeply absurd.
AOC Wants Taxpayers To Pay Off $1.6 Trillion In Student Loans. Imagine Treating Other Debts Like That
‘She got into her dream college, but her dream college offered her no scholarships, just loans,’ Ocasio-Cortez said in a press conference on Capitol Hill, as evidence for why taxpayers should pick up the $250,000 tab.
Instead Of Caving, Republicans Should Make Democrats Vote Against Free Speech On Campus
Republicans should stop making excuses for this situation and start showing creative leadership about how to responsibly deflate the special-interest pork bubble that U.S. higher education has become.
Senate Republicans’ Higher Ed Agenda Leaves Much To Be Desired
The Senate’s outgoing education chairman is focusing on reforms that are worthwhile but paltry compared to the problems of politicization and trivialization in higher education.
This College President Is Willing To Tell You College Isn’t For Everyone
‘Everybody should have an opportunity to learn all they want to,’ says Hillsdale College’s Larry Arnn, “but the idea that everybody should get a college education… can only be true if college means a wide variety of things.’
How Creative Destruction Has Begun To Pop The College Bubble
By eliminating tenure, changing incentive structures, and putting the emphasis back on teaching, colleges can create more value for students.
Why Forcing Taxpayers To Cover Tuition Will Make College Worse For Everyone But The Rich
In K-12, government-run schools are shared equally among the middle class and the poor, but for the rich, elite academies flourish. The same will happen with ‘free’ college.
Enrollment Data, Public Opinion Suggest The College Bubble Is Popping
A lethal combination of radical liberalism, a rapidly evolving economy, and unstoppable technological progress is all but certain to fell America’s ivory tower.
Amid Higher Education Bubble, Lefty Think Tank Insists There Aren’t Enough Colleges
Sounding the alarm on these made up ‘deserts’ does more harm than good. There’s simply no real indication Americans are struggling to find higher education.
Instead Of Taxing Endowments, Congress Should Slash College Subsidies
If the goal is to pay for tax cuts, that could be done much more fairly, with better profit for students and Americans, and with bigger savings.
Student Riots Slashed Mizzou Enrollment 35 Percent In Two Years. Watch For More
U.S. taxpayers are spending an annual $4 trillion on higher education in this country, and these are the outcomes. Everyone paying attention has caught on by now.
How This Millennial Learned That Any Job Is Better Than No Job (Or Mooching)
Many young people are told over and over again to ‘Follow your dreams.’ But that’s often a one-way ticket to poverty, wasted time, and entitlement.
Why Gov. Cuomo’s ‘Free College’ Plan Will Fail Miserably
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Excelsior Scholarship will likely cost the moon, and could have catastrophic effects for New York’s higher education system.
How To Stop Complaining And Start Fixing America’s Higher Education Crisis
The most striking thing about fixing American higher education is that the direct costs look surprisingly small. The major obstacles are political, not financial.
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