Several panelists, including a Temple University professor, discussed why the costs of attending college have risen to new highs.

Several panelists, including a Temple University professor, discussed why the costs of attending college have risen to new highs.
Our intern Steven Koskulitz writes about the debate between academics on whether there should be more or less government intervention in higher education.
A panel discussion brought up the idea that maybe government intervention in universities was a big mistake, taking into account issues facing higher education as of late.
It turns out that the legendary former Secretary of State has two chairs named after him–one at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and one at Johns Hopkins.
To invest in federal school vouchers, or to leave it up to the states? That is the question facing conservatives under the Trump administration.
The irony: America’s bureaucratic largesse as well as its erosion of property rights and rule of law are affecting the country’s Human Freedom Index, while Hong Kong remained the top-ranked entity due to more free-market ideas.
That alone is a newsflash. Usually, college presidents approach big government with their hands out. At the Cato Institute on March 30, 2017, Mark Zupan, president of Alfred University, noted that trust in government is…
Occasionally, one of our more free market economists in academe latches onto an idea that moves us away from collectivism. Unfortunately, the impact is usually marginal. Such an idea is “reference pricing,” or competitive pricing…
Academics are upset that they don’t get as many chances as they would like to contribute to U. S. foreign policy. Maybe that’s a good thing. On the one hand, most of them opposed the…
If there is an indefensible position on property rights, count on an academic to take it. On March 20 the Supreme Court began to hear oral arguments in Murr v. Wisconsin, a property rights case…