Last year, President Obama announced that he would create a plan to measure colleges based on access, affordability, and student outcome. A recent study done by the American Council on Education states the President’s plan is “well-intentioned but poorly devised.”
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Victor Davis Hanson is a well-known historian, commentator, and senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. He is collaborating with Pajamas Media on a project called Freedom Academy- an online resource that allows the average reader to delve into a brief survey of western civilization and values.
Budgets/Taxes · Education · Featured · Podcast
Mr. Pomerleau explains why “tax credits for higher education may not be the best way to encourage college attendance.”
It’s important to realize that college is an investment, a product. Capitalism can make college both as valuable and accessible in general as the rest of our goods and services.
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