Originally published June 2017. All across the country struggling colleges (and universities) are hiring one of several academic consulting firms to help them get a
Tag: economics of higher education
Administrative Expansion and Faculty Contraction: Not a New Story
This article on the inordinate growth of higher ed administration was getting a lot of Twitter action yesterday though it’s from February. We wrote about
Will $3 Coffee Kill $50,000 Tuitions?
An item in yesterday’s newspaper could have real long term significance for institutions like the one at which I work. The story was about Starbucks
Who’s a Cost Center? : The Higher Ed Work Force Report
The Delta Cost Project, a research group under the American Institutes for Research (AIR) that looks at higher education costs, has released a report titled
Of Restaurant Chains and Higher Education
One need not be a sophisticated economist to see that distribution of American family income makes the high tuition/high discount business model of non-elite, non-public
Ten Part Washington Post Series on Higher Education (2013)
Dylan Matthew’s ten-part series “TUITION’S TOO DAMN HIGH” on the Washington Post’s “WonkBLOGS” appeared this summer. Matthews is a young journalist new to the education
