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Andrew Ferguson Like most parents with kids about to apply to college, I’d heard how the process had descended into Absurdistan. But it wasn...

Michael Finnegan and Gale Holland In one respect, trouble was inevitable: Voters had put $2.2 billion under the control of seven of the regi...

CCAP will be launching its revamped website within the next day or so. When it does go live, we will complete the process of transitioning o...

Publius Audax the total bill (at UT-Austin) runs to at least $95,000. Can we really reduce that cost by nearly 90%, while maintaining or eve...

by Andrew Gillen Over at Quick and the Ed, Kevin Carey bashes on past and current New Jersey Governors. I’m all for bashing politicians, bu...

by Andrew Gillen Our focus on the 3 I’s of higher ed reform (incentives, information, and innovation), just got another boost today. From th...

DAVID LEONHARDT If policy makers began to tie funding to performance — both graduation rates and measures of actual learning — we might not ...

Dean Dad “measure student learning.” Historiann dismisses this one out of hand, with a quick reference to No Child Left Behind and the follo...

by: Onnalee Kelley There are broadly three ways to approach post-secondary learning. Some colleges—mainly Liberal Arts institutions—teach ...