Mike Rowe: I Don’t Want To Pay For Your Useless College Degree
“Tuition will never come back to Earth if we bail out those who borrowed more than they could repay,” Mike Rowe writes.
Podcast: David McIntosh On Economic Shutdown And Bailouts Amid Coronavirus
David McIntosh joins Christopher Bedford to discuss the consequences of an economic shutdown and Congressional bailouts amid the coronavirus quarantine.
4 Reasons Socialism Is More Popular Among Americans Now Than Ever Before
Why socialism now? At a time when the American economy under Trump seems to be chugging along at a nice clip, why are so many hankering for an alternative?
NCAA Players Already Get Paid. It’s Called Free Tuition
Democratic presidential hopeful Andrew Yang released his newest policy proposal: to force the NCAA to pay student athletes.
Dear Elizabeth Warren: Don’t Make Other People Pay Off My Student Loans
There are better ways to address student loans and ballooning higher education costs than Warren’s magic debt eraser and free college goody bag.
How Nationalizing College And Health Care Benefits The Wealthy More Than It Does The Poor
There are already programs in place to help the poorest families pay for college and health care. Nationalizing them is a giant subsidy to wealthier people.
Why I Turned Down Ivy League Acceptances And Don’t Regret It One Bit
As affirmative action court cases and skyrocketing tuition rates reveal, today’s Ivy League institutions put their own biases ahead of their students’ advancement.
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.
Why Making College ‘Free’ Won’t Help The Poor
I have taught some of the poorest Americans, so I know it is laughable to think most poor students fail to graduate from college simply because it costs too much.
Why I’m Glad I Had Student Loans
Yes, the cost of higher education is too high. Yes, it’s difficult to pay back loans. But you signed up for it.