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College Soon Will Look Very Different
In spite of all the alarm over rising costs and excessive borrowing for college, one Oklahoman is confident that college will be far les...
OCPA Research Fellow Says College Soon Will Look Very Different
In spite of all the alarm over rising costs and excessive borrowing for college, one Oklahoman is confident that college will be far les...
OK higher education officials tout economic impact, but critics dou...
OKLAHOMA CITY — Tenured professors and tax-financed researchers in higher education generally believe that public education spending is ...
Tip sheet: Story ideas from outside the bubble
There are many explanations (technological, demographic, et al.) for the chart above, and I’m not prepared to make the case that liberal...
Higher Ed’s benefits — and costs
Those of us at OCPA recognize the importance of higher education. Indeed, I challenge you to name another nonprofit public-policy think ...
OCPA research fellow says college soon will be ‘better and drastica...
In a recent post (“$10,000 College Degree Is an Idea Worth Spreading”), I tipped my cap to Oklahoma State University president Burns Har...
Oh, baby! Let’s get college costs under control
Jonathan V. Last, a senior writer at the Weekly Standard, has written a new book called What to Expect When No One's Expect...
Affordable Higher Education Is on the Horizon
Conversations on how to make college affordable are endless. Technically, we know how to significantly lower costs and improve quality, ...
It’s Time for Government Pension Reform in Oklahoma
Throughout the country, pension reformers from across the political spectrum are protecting the taxpayers. The reforms in Rhode Island a...
The Rise of the $10,000 Bachelor’s Degree
In 2011, Texas Governor Rick Perry challenged Texas public higher education to develop degrees costing no more than $10,000. This year, ...
Contemplating the Future of Higher Education
America’s higher education system is in dire need of reform. The average college student leaves school with more than $23,000 in debt, a...
Prescient Oklahoma lawmaker sees Higher Ed’s future
It’s been said that higher-education administrators treat regents like mushrooms: “Keep them in the dark and feed them manure.” Regrett...
17 top universities join Coursera movement of offering free online ...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Seventeen leading universities in the U.S. and abroad will start offering free cyber courses through the online edu...
The Most Important State Ballot Question You’ve Never Heard Of (Yet)
The proposal is a direct assault on the Taft-Hartley Act, the historic compromise that established many federal provisions facilitating ...
Non-Graduating Students Cost Oklahoma Taxpayers Millions
For the past 20 years I have conducted research on admissions and outcomes in public higher education and have noted the costs to states...
Taxpayers Don’t Stand a Chance
I recently released a book, Taxpayers Don’t Stand a Chance: Why Battleground Ohio Loses No Matter Who Wins (and What to Do About It)...
OCPA higher-education ideas having an impact
I had a nice chat this week with a reporter who’s doing a story on the push (by Gov. Mary Fallin and higher-education officials) for mor...
The ground is shifting in higher education
Question: Why do colleges keep raising tuition? Answer: Because they can. That’s the short answer, anyway. Economist Richard Vedder e...
Don’t Read Their Lips—Read Their Budgets
Actions speak louder than words. After the 2012 legislative session, Oklahoma voters have a right to ask politicians: Is fiscal conserva...
College Degrees Don’t Ensure Prosperity
Last November, in a message to alumni, Oklahoma State University president Burns Hargis said, “College graduates strengthen a state’s ec...
