Education

Missed the post at the time, but Matt Yglesias summed things up quite nicely on Wednesday: The underlying issue… is that there’s very little in the way of reliable information about the quality of undergraduate education in the United States. Our major schools get to select which students they admit, which means that when you’re […]

More credulousness from U.S. News.

U.S. News & World Report has up a helpful interview with Sandy Baum, a professor of economics at Skidmore College and special consultant to the College Board, who runs down the six most important recent developments in college financial aid. The second one is pretty big: Income-based repayment for federal student loans. As of July […]

Ouch, Phi Beta Cons. Ouch.

Retention is about class.

The Wall Street Journal has up a very good piece on student debt. The whole thing is worth a read if you feel like you’re in too good of a mood and need a downer, but the gist is depressing enough: Today, two-thirds of college students borrow to pay for college, and their average debt […]

How to keep people enrolled in your college and/or cult.

Welcome to the Washington Monthly’s College Guide site.

Overall score: Overall score represents the combined score of our three metrics—social mobility, research, and service—where the highest is 100 and the lowest is zero. Each individual metric is worth 33 1/3 total points. Social mobility: The first column shows the percentage of students receiving Pell Grants. The second shows the predicted rate of graduation, […]

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