More on Higher Ed’s Haves and Have-Nots

POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Writing for PBS News, Ben Markus of the Hechinger Report, highlights the uneven degree to which cuts in state subsidies to public colleges and universities have impacted the institutions that serve the highest numbers of economically disadvantaged, academically at risk, and non-White students. In the first half of the essay, Markus…

Audit of the Increased Cost of Attendance in Georgia

POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Here is another Georgia-related item for today. In an article for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Christopher Quinn reports on a state auditor’s study of the rising costs to students attending Georgia’s public colleges and universities. What has been occurring in Georgia is very similar to what has been occurring elsewhere—even to the…

Lake Superior State U’s Annual List of “Banished” Words

POSTED BY MARTIN KICH LSSU’s 42nd annual “List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness” includes the following: You, Sir Focus Bête Noire Town Hall Meeting Post-Truth Guesstimate 831 Historic Manicured Echo Chamber On Fleek Bigly Ghost Dadbod Listicle “Get your dandruff up . . . ” Selfie Drone…

Five Ideas for Higher Ed Reform—in Forbes

POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Writing for Forbes, Preston Cooper, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute who specializes in the economics of higher education offers “Five Higher Education Reform Ideas For The New Congress.” I have tried to select the key point of elaboration on each item: Put a Cap on Federal Student Loans: There is…

Law School Faculty Oppose Sessions Nomination

POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Statement from Law School Faculty Opposing Nomination of Jeff Sessions for the Position of Attorney General Affiliations are listed for identification purposes only.  The list below is updated regularly and is current as of 9pm PST 1/3/17. If you are a law professor and want to add your name to this statement, click…