ACTA’s Erik Gross serves up a conversation with Jason Brennan and Phillip Magness, the authors of “Cracks In the Ivory Tower: The Moral Mess of Higher Education.” Their microeconomic approach to analyzing the adversities plaguing today’s colleges and universities lays out a gripping narrative that is sure to challenge orthodoxies in the Academy.
Dozens of regional public and private colleges have eliminated jobs and programs this summer to close budget gaps as enrollment and tuition revenues...
Varner Hall, home of the University of Nebraska’s central administration, has doubled its budget in the past decade even as the university’s...
With college costs rising and some students and families questioning the return on investment of a four-year degree, a few pioneering state universities are exploring programs that would grant certain bachelor’s degrees in three years.
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