Some years back, then US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan quipped that US college accreditors are “watchdogs that don’t bark.” I chuckled at the refrain, which struck me intuitively as correct. I have since heard it repeated often by higher education critics on both the left and the right. But, as much as Arne Duncan’s College Accreditors: ‘Watchdogs That Don’t Bark’ … READ MORE
The federal government recently released a new batch of data on the earnings outcomes of students in 4-year colleges in the US. The new data, in their most eye-popping dimension, pin down every 4-year college in the US by the salary results of students ten years after they start college. The data reveal alarming patterns Eyeballing College Earnings … READ MORE
In this episode of the Prof G Podcast, Stig and Scott have a long solution-forward discussion about how to improve the country’s failing higher education system.
In this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Stig talks to Tom Vander Ark about what can and should be done to fix higher education.
For the “Inflated” edition of his No Mercy / No Malice newsletter, Scott Galloway featured and discussed College101’s public subsidy, college cost, and inflation data.
I live in Massachusetts, went to graduate school here, and teach entrepreneurship part-time at Harvard Business School. So, with my backyard in mind, I take a close look in this blog at the college scene in the Commonwealth. What I lay out here might surprise you. Pockets of Abysmal Graduation Rates. Graduation rates are shockingly Concerning Commonwealth Colleges … READ MORE
I do not believe that a typical American college can really change. For a college to truly change, it inevitably needs to reconfigure its resources (its people, its assets, its time) in substantial, internally unpopular, and permanent ways. Doing that — really shaking things up, let’s say — is not an option in most incumbent Colleges Cannot Change … READ MORE
As I write this, DC waves a final good-bye to another round of public subsidies for community colleges. In its major parts, President Biden’s “free community college” proposal is not to be. Below, I explain why I am relieved that the proposal stalled. I also argue for what I think should come next in public New and Better (not Just Cheaper) Community Colleges … READ MORE
Community colleges have been in the news a lot lately, mainly because they were contenders for a slot in Biden’s large spending bill. Debates about community colleges — both this time around and in general — are often disconnected from important facts about them, in my opinion. With that in mind, below I work up 10 Crucial Facts about Community College … READ MORE
Below is an amazing chart on college selectivity. It groups 4-year colleges into 10 buckets by how selective they are, and it shows how many students (of various backgrounds) are in each bucket of college selectivity. Take a close look. What do you see? Below, I give you my 5 take-aways. 1: Highly Selective Colleges The Irrelevance of Highly Selective Colleges … READ MORE
