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July 26, 2011

Online Education and Student Attrition

Glenn Ricketts

Our regular contributor Jason Fertig offers some thoughts about online courses at NRO, and links to a CHE story about a recent study concluding that such courses have significantly higher at......

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July 26, 2011

Favorite Books: Erin O'Connor

We continue our survey of summer readng recommendations, as education blogger Erin O'Connor lists some of her own favorites.

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July 25, 2011

Reasons for College Inefficiency: Misallocation and Underutilization

George Leef

The U.S. devotes a lot of resources to higher education but gets a pretty low return, argues Richard Vedder. 

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July 25, 2011

Many Americans are Undereducated, But College Credentials Won't Fix That

George Leef

In last week's Pope Center Clarion Call, I analyze the recent paper published by the Georgetown Center for Education and the Workforce, "The Undereducated American." It is an attempt to regain m......

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July 25, 2011

NYT's Room for Debate Considers Law School

George Leef

The latest Room for Debate feature in the Times is about law school, a topic that paper has taken a surprisingly strong interest in this year. I’m among the contributors; my argument is that t......

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