Politics As Usual?
There is much buzz here at UW-Madison about the proposed New Badger Partnership. You can read all the details about what the Chancellor has proposed here, and you can read about some of the concerns...
View ArticleMore Flexibility to Raise Tuition?
Central to debates over the New Badger Partnership is the question of whether additional flexibilities that make it possible to raise tuition are desirable. Evidence can and must be used to make these...
View ArticleVouchers and College Attendance: Puzzling Findings Deserve Much Caution
Several months ago I described the problems in a study that seemed to have great policy relevance, but little empirical support for its contentions. Sadly, examples of studies like these abound in...
View ArticleBack to College
UW-Madison students are happy students, as we recently learned from the Huffington Post. This high ranking of our institution is a coup when it comes to attracting more applications, and since we rise...
View ArticleMaking Income-Contingent Loans Cost Effective
Check out an op-ed that I co-authored with my doctoral student Robert Kelchen on income-contingent loans, over at the Chronicle. Then, be sure to check out Robert’s new blog!
View ArticleScott Walker’s Latest Agenda for Wisconsin Higher Education
With a headline like that, I bet you’re assuming this is going to be one scathing post! The last time Scott Walker had ideas for Wisconsin public higher education, they involved separating UW-Madison...
View ArticleAre Students Really Academically Adrift? Rethinking the Assessment of...
Four years ago I attended a presentation at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association (ASA) in which Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa previewed the findings of Academically Adrift,...
View ArticleResearch Update: Unmarried Parents in College
In 2010, UW-Madison graduate student Kia Sorensen and I published a paper in the Future of Children about college access and success among single parents attending college. We utilized data from the...
View ArticleAddressing Student Debt in Wisconsin
On Wednesday morning at 10 am, a bill titled the “Higher Education, Lower Debt Act” will receive a hearing before the Wisconsin Legislature’s Senate Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges. I...
View ArticleBeware of Frappucino U
By Sara Goldrick-Rab Starbucks is nothing if not ambitious. So far this year, the Seattle-based coffee chain has announced plans to let customers wirelessly charge their phones, to open hundreds of...
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