Daniel Luzer

Once, you know, it fixes that pesky gay thing. Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust said that she’d be happy to reinstate a Harvard reserve officer training corps (ROTC) program on campus, as soon as gays can serve openly in the military. According to an article by Tracy Jan in the Boston Globe: Speaking the […]

The Committee on Research Universities, sponsored by the National Academies and funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, has created a new study group to look into reforming the American university. According to the National Academies: An ad hoc committee will author a consensus report with findings and recommendations that answers the question: “What are […]

By now most people know that college graduates make more money than those who never complete college. But considering the time out of work necessary to go to college there is now some question about whether or not college is really worth it. All that debt just for some entry level job. That’s depressing. Well […]

Tract houses and large automobiles, sprinkler systems and granite countertops, all will be swept away in an overwhelming tide of ignorance, say Texas educators. According to a piece by John Julitz at KKRW in Houston: The Lumina Foundation says Texas needs to add 30,000 additional students to the ranks of its college graduates annually, starting […]

Grambling State University in Louisiana has taken the highly unusual step of essentially banning political communication on campus. According to a piece by Stephen Clark at Fox News: Weeks ahead of a crucial midterm election, Grambling State University in Louisiana has banned its students and faculty members from forwarding “campaign solicitations” using the school’s e-mail […]

The Department of Education has released a new Spanish-language video designed to appeal to Hispanic students and their families. According to a brief piece in Community College Times about the video, it “shows how going to college is attainable and affordable.” Well, not nearly as attainable or affordable as it used to be. The woman […]

Some minority groups, much like for-profit education advocates, have now become weirdly concerned with the Department of Education’s college regulations, which, among other things, will make for-profit colleges ineligible for federal financial aid if average graduates need to spend more than 8 percent of starting salaries to service student loans. According to an article by […]

Earlier today I attended a discussion about legacy preferences in college admissions. A new book, Affirmative Action for the Rich: Legacy Preferences in College Admissions, edited by Century Foundation fellow Richard Kahlenberg, sketches the history of legacy preferences and looks at public policy options to curtail them. Legacy preferences matter a lot in college admissions. […]

Apparently the rate at which Americans finish college is not improving much. President Obama has announced he wants to lead the world in college completion by 2020 but, according to an article by Daniel de Vise in the Washington Post: Lumina [Foundation for Education] set a goal in 2008 of increasing the completion rate to […]

The Obama administration’s push to get more American students to graduate from college has received a great deal of press lately. But some people are concerned that in the push for more college graduates, “something doesn’t add up.” As Tim Johnson writes writes for the Burlington Free Press: Why is the national need for more […]