A few months ago, the Obama administration completed a remarkably successful run of sticking it to large corporations that make a profit in higher education. First, as part of the omnibus legislation that produced the Affordable Care Act in 2010, Obama pushed through a wholesale reform of the student loan industry, taking away tens of […]
September/October 2011
Posted inEducation, Higher Education, Magazine, September/October 2011
The College Try
Every year the Washington Monthly devotes an entire issue to assessing America’s colleges and universities. We do this because we believe they are key to the country’s greatness. They produce the research and human capital that fuel the economy. They teach the habits of mind and spirit that undergird democracy. And they provide the means […]
Posted inEducation, Higher Education, Magazine, September/October 2011
The College Republicans
How the leading GOP presidential contenders were shaped by their undergraduate years–for better or worse.
