Daniel Luzer

At the end of June the College Guide posted a piece addressing which colleges offer the best payoff for their degrees. Think of this as the other side of the coin. According to an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, several colleges have default rates on their students in the 40 percent range. This […]

The United States does not send enough of its young people to college. The apparent truth of this statement is what fuels both President Obama’s American Graduation Initiative and much of the rhetoric behind any proposed increased in government spending for education. America is simply not producing enough trained people for the fastest-growing, high-paying jobs. […]

Next year will not be a good one for the finances of American public universities. According to an article by Kim Clark in U.S. News & World Report, 32 states have public universities facing serious financial pressure in 2011. This is because, despite some vague signs of national economic recovery, many states are still bogged […]

Apparently it’s not just the University of Southern California that gets all worked up about its nickname. According to an article by Mark Story in the Lexington Herald-Leader: From the time I was a little boy, most people I know have always referred to the state university in Bowling Green, Ky., as “Western.” [But] a […]

The American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) just released a report that, interestingly enough, looks at the idea of colleges outsourcing instruction. Some colleges now have agreements such that colleges pay companies to educate their students. According to the policy brief, by Alene Russell: In the face of rising budgetary pressures… critical enrollment […]

State funding for public colleges has declined dramatically in the last 20 years. People, especially from public colleges, now really like to about how education needs a new funding model, without actually proposing the model. Two Missouri college presidents say colleges need to operate differently. According to an article by Didi Tang in the Springfield, […]

Apparently the new trend in academic administration is for college presidents to try to be your buddies, or something. According to an article by Jenna Johnson and Daniel de Vise in the Washington Post: A generation ago, it was typical for college presidents to be stuffy and hard-to-approach chief executives, the type who inspired the […]

Recently many people have become concerned with the default rate on student loans. Since the collapse of the economy default rates on student loans have increased. This is especially the case for people who attended for-profit schools. More than 20 percent of students from for-profit schools default after three years. The true default rate might […]

The State University of New York’s campus at Stony Brook might be in line for a huge gift from billionaire James Simons—as much as $150 million—but only if the whole SUNY system changes the way it does business. According to a New York Times article by former Monthly editor Nicholas Confessore: Such a gift would […]

Two Badger State university administrators, Charles Pruitt and Jay Smith, believe that the public university system in their state is heading for real trouble unless the state can find a way to recommit to higher education. According to an editorial in the La Crosse Tribune: Pruitt and Smith identify some troubling trends. Wisconsin has increased […]