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Is online education effective? Over the past decade virtually every study on the question has demonstrated that it is as effective as traditional classroom delivery. But as none of these studies randomly assign students to classroom or online delivery, what they actually mean is that...
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Of the many factors contributing to the dominance of the American economy in the 20th century, two stand preeminent. First, the 19th century consolidation of a large national market under one set of rules; by 1890, the most advanced economies - America, Germany, Great Britain...
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In the wake of the college affordability crisis, Paypal co-founder and Internet bon vivant Peter Thiel has garnered a great deal of media attention for his Thiel Fellowship: $100k grants to 20 college students who drop out of college in order to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams. Last...
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Chinese tiger moms and American eagle dads agree on the paramount importance of education. So we apologize to them that over the past few months we have recited the following litany of challenges facing American higher education...
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President Obama has hit the road to talk to America about college affordability. Two weeks ago the President did a "slow jam" with Jimmy Fallon on late night television to demonstrate his support for keeping subsidized Stafford loan rates at 3.4%. Since then, in speeches delivered...
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The hoopla surrounding massive open online courses ("MOOCs") got hoopier last week with the announcement that Princeton, Stanford, Penn and Michigan had signed on with the startup Coursera, supported by $16M from Kleiner Perkins and NEA. These are important...
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What do the issues of capacity and affordability in higher education have in common? For one, they represent the serial priorities of the Obama Administration in higher education: first to generate an additional 8 million college graduates by 2020 so that the US can once again...
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Many educated Americans are surprised to learn that 70% of students enrolled in our colleges and universities attend state-supported institutions. This means that 70% of college students are not paying for the full cost of their education. We believe this was the right decision by...
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