Category: Research/Policy

2011, Research/Policy

Major League Baseball/Major League University

July 15, 2011 By Gerald B. Kauvar, Ph.D. Research Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration, The George Washington University and Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, President Emeritus and Professor of Public Service, The George Washington University We go to the ballpark to watch the players; we go to class to learn from our professors. Major league baseball teams spend a lot of money on major league … Continue reading Major League Baseball/Major League University

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2011, Research/Policy

College 2.0

By Watson Scott Swail, President & CEO, Educational Policy Institute/EPI International Last week, the Chronicle of Higher Education, in partnership with Moody’s, released a new survey of 500 CFOs at colleges and universities in the US. Given the economic conditions, it is of no surprise that the results were pessimistic about the ability of higher education to keep its collective head above water. The most … Continue reading College 2.0

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2011, College Affordability, Financial Aid, Research/Policy

Adding Important Transparency to Higher Education

By Watson Scott Swail, President & CEO, Educational Policy Institute/EPI International Happy Canada Day and Happy Independence Day everyone, In the late 1990s, I worked for the College Board and co-directed the Trends in Student Aid and Trends in College Pricing reports.  These reports, to this day, provide educators, researchers, and policymakers with a summary of how much college and university is and what available aid, … Continue reading Adding Important Transparency to Higher Education

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2011, Research/Policy, ROI/College Outcomes

The Implications of the New Gainful Employment Rule

By Dr. Peter P. Smith, Senior Vice President, Kaplan Higher Education The 6/21/11 edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education contains a thoughtful essay by Frank Donahue on the new gainful employment rule. Donahue moves past the “won-lost” argument (i.e. the proprietary sector won) to the meat of the matter: what are the rule’s implications for the rest of higher education? He rightly concludes that, … Continue reading The Implications of the New Gainful Employment Rule

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2011, College Access, College Affordability, Financial Aid, Research/Policy

The Postsecondary Drive to For-Profit Mentality

By Watson Scott Swail, President & CEO, Educational Policy Institute/EPI International This is the opening paragraph of this morning’s article in The Chronicle of Higher Education: Texas A&M University faculty members who are alarmed by the apparent influence that a conservative think tank is having on their university urged the system’s regents on Thursday to distance themselves from a group that they fear would move … Continue reading The Postsecondary Drive to For-Profit Mentality

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