The Pell Grant and College Costs: An Impossible Scenario
By Watson Scott Swail, President & CEO, Educational Policy Institute/EPI International There has been recent consternation on the proposed cuts to the Pell Grant program in the United States. For the uninformed, the Pell Grant is a means-tested grant program which targets low-income students. It is, to be sure, the foundation of the US student financial aid system. All other aid is applied after the … Continue reading The Pell Grant and College Costs: An Impossible Scenario
Higher Education: A Right or a Privilege?
By Watson Scott Swail, President & CEO, Educational Policy Institute/EPI International A few weeks ago, I was featured in a Canadian Press article about McGill University’s privatization of its MBA program. Last year, McGill announced that it would raise its MBA tuition 900 percent, from a little over $3,000 to $29,500 a year. This massive increase has raised the ire of many in Canada, including … Continue reading Higher Education: A Right or a Privilege?
An Open Letter to All Organizations in Need of a Program Evaluator
By Watson Scott Swail, President & CEO, Educational Policy Institute/EPI International Dear Prospective Client: My organization and thousands of others, including university-based, non-profits, and for-profit organizations, are pleased that you are soliciting our help in evaluating your project. This is how we keep the doors open, and, in our case, as a non-profit organization, it is how we preach our mission of expanding educational opportunity … Continue reading An Open Letter to All Organizations in Need of a Program Evaluator
Thank God for Charlie Sheen
By Watson Scott Swail, President & CEO, EPI International/Educational Policy Institute I like him. Charlie Sheen. He’s a fun actor to watch. Of course, it must be easy to act in a sitcom about, well, your lifestyle and life. Nonetheless, he has done some great acting in Platoon and Wall Street and… Hot Shots… Major League… Scary Movie(s). I admit: this isn’t the most educational … Continue reading Thank God for Charlie Sheen
What the President’s Budget Really Need(s/ed) To Do
By Watson Scott Swail, President & CEO, Educational Policy Institute/ EPI International The pundits are now coming out of the woodwork to discuss the President’s budget, which is unlikely to even remotely pass the way it is currently packaged, and as House Republicans plan on cutting much more liberally (no pun intended) than the President. In total, the President’s budget cuts approximately $1 trillion over … Continue reading What the President’s Budget Really Need(s/ed) To Do
The Swail Letter on Higher Education 