After Abramoff…If you liked Jeffrey Birnbaum’s cover story in the most recent issue of The Washington Monthly on how the Abramoff case could revolutionize the campaign finance system — or if you didn’t read it yet, or even if, hard to imagine, you read it and didn’t like it — you’ll want to catch Birnbaum talking about the subject tomorrow morning at 8am on C-Span’s “Washington Journal.” Should be some good breakfast TV.
More on higher education
Thriving After High School: A Foundation to Build On
A new report makes a nuanced case for what post-secondary graduates need to get ahead.
Workforce Pell’s Missing Rudder
Congress finally opened Pell Grants to short-term job training. Now states have to build the systems that can tell which programs actually work.
Once Globally Preeminent, U.S. Universities Are Sliding Into Decline
High costs, political attacks take a toll as fewer students come, top scholars leave.
Higher Ed’s Affordability Problem Isn’t Just the Price
New survey data suggests that more Americans might see the value of a degree if schools simplified their pricing systems.
