A Faulty Argument
Back in December, I blogged about a proposed Higher Education Act provision that would change the way default rates are calculated by the Department of Education. I hypothesized that this change could...
View ArticleImproving the Higher Ed Market
One of the frustrating thing about working on higher education policy issues is that DC is pretty much a one-issue town: all anyone cares about is costs. From the average politician’s perspective, our...
View ArticleLife After Sallie
There have been numerous news reports of the “tightening” credit markets and their potential impact on student loan availability. The majority of federal student loans are made through private banks...
View ArticleLawless Policymaking
So I went on vacation for a week and missed the whole differentiated consequences pilot project thing. Alas. But it’s interesting to see it from a little distance. A few thoughts: For readers not...
View ArticleHigher Ed Hypocrisy
We live in a time of information abundance. It’s now possible to track and record most of what happens to an individual student over their entire educational lives, from the time they enter...
View ArticleAccreditation Explains Everything
InsideHigherEd reports a new flare-up in an ongoing dispute about the way the U.S. Department of Education regulates people who regulate colleges. Yes, this sounds very boring. It’s not; it actually...
View ArticleHEA, at Long Last
Congress passed a new version of the Higher Education Act yesterday, which President Bush is expected to sign. This is a real milestone — it’s been ten years since the last reauthorization, which is...
View ArticleDon’t Waiver
The National Governors Association lobbied hard against the “maintenance of effort” provision included in the recent Higher Education Act reauthorization. It should come as no surprise then that the...
View ArticleFix It or Stop Complaining
On Monday, the American Institutes for Research (AIR) launched a new website, CollegeMeasures.org, which combines several existing data sets to calculate seven different outcomes measures for over...
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Don’t Let the Perfect Be the Enemy of the Good
The National Council on Teacher Quality is in the midst of a mammoth review of the nation’s teacher preparation programs. Predictably, many schools of education are pushing back (see their letters of...
View ArticleFirst Thoughts About the President’s New Higher Ed Plan
President Obama unveiled a new plan to make college more affordable today. A key piece is a new ratings system that will help determine federal funding for colleges. “To identify colleges for providing...
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