Daily Policy Digest
Education Issues
| Law Aims to Give More Accurate Tally of College Costs The 2010 College Board survey reported tuition and fees at private, not-for-profit four-year colleges averaged $27,293, a number that does not include room and meals... |
| College Has Been Oversold In 2009, the United States graduated 37,994 students with bachelor's degrees in computer and information science -- a number that is below absolute figures from 25 years ago... |
| Apprentice-Based Education Apprentice-based education offers a viable alternative to the status quo that could greatly improve the higher education experience... |
| Private Sector Participation in Education Lags Despite the fact that collaboration with the private sector has been fruitful in the past, government on all levels continues to stymie or entirely block private efforts to improve education... |
| When the Best Is Mediocre Ninety-four percent of all U.S. school districts have average math achievement below the 67th percentile for developed nations... |
| D.C. Drove Your Student Loan Debt The average profit made per student at a private college is about $5,500, a margin of 41 percent... |
| Education Savings Accounts: A Promising Way Forward on School Choice Arizona's Education Savings Accounts offer distinct advantages over the status quo and even have a leg up on other modern reforms such as voucher systems... |
| Is Certification Required for Teacher Success? In the teaching profession, completion of a standard certification program doesn't always signal competency in the classroom... |
| How Much Higher Education Costs Taxpayers As the selectivity of a university increases, public or private, the amount that it receives in taxpayer subsidies also increases -- drastically in the case of public schools... |
| College Spending Impacted by the Recession State and local budget cuts have been particularly harsh for community colleges because their business model revolves around low tuition, making it difficult to make up the difference via tuition hikes... |
