Daily Policy Digest
Education Issues
| Is the Higher Education Bubble About to Burst? Between 1975 and 2008 the number of faculty in the California State University system rose by 3 percent; during those same years the number of administrators rose 221 percent... |
| Should You Go to Grad School? Over the past 20 years, graduates with master's degrees have earned about 1.17 times the amount earned by graduates with bachelor's degrees only... |
| The Smaller Is Better Myth By 2007 the student-teacher ratio was 15.5 to one, compared to 22.3 to one in 1970... |
| Rules for the Road Decision-makers should keep the variability in program and degree cost in mind as they seek to reduce spending and balance budgets... |
| University Business Officers Upbeat about Financial State of American Colleges About one in six business officers at both public and private nonprofit colleges described the financial health of their respective institutions as "excellent" in a new survey... |
| The Texas Taxpayer Savings Grant Program The Texas Taxpayer Savings Grant Program could save the state $3,429 per participating student... |
| How to Cut College Costs Tuition and fees at American universities have increased at twice the rate of inflation... |
| Ten Questions State Legislators Should Ask About Higher Education Knowing the leading issues, what questions to ask and where to find the answers are the first steps in crafting effective higher education policy... |
| Athletic Departments See Surge Financially in Down Economy Subsidies to Division I college athletics over the past five years have grown by 28 percent since 2006 and account for $1 of every $3 spent on athletics... |
| Subsidies in Higher Education Restructuring the federal student loan program could save $50 billion to $60 billion annually... |
