Daily Policy Digest
Education Issues
| Student Loan Debt Shows High Cost of Federal Aid An increase in the average student loan of $1 was associated with net tuition that's 93 cents higher at public schools and 55 cents higher at private schools... |
| What We Spend on, and Get from, Higher Education Whether one examines taxpayer dollars in total, per enrollee, per degree or per tax-paying citizen, real spending on higher education has gone up... |
| School Choice in Texas The waiting list for Texas' 185 charter schools increased from 17,000 in 2008 to 40,000 in 2009... |
| Obama's Student-Loan Order Saves the Average Grad Less than $10 a Month Over the past 10 years, the average student loan debt varied from $17,464 to $27,204 -- meaning that with a 0.5 percent decrease in rates the average graduate stands to gain between $4.50 and $7.75 per month... |
| 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... |
