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Higher education suffers from Baumol’s disease—the tendency of costs to soar in labour-intensive sectors with stagnant productivity. Whereas the prices of cars, computers and much else have...

A Devry Veteran On E-Learning's Future, Disruption, Starbucks and 'Bad Apples'

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In a recent presentation, DeVry CEO Daniel Hamburger said that turning around DeVry University is his top priority. What happened, and what changes are in the works? Pauldine: Enrollments across all...

Senators in Both Parties Agree: States Must Do More for Higher Education

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Congressional hearings often feature bitter partisanship and acrimonious finger pointing. But there was mostly agreement on Thursday at a higher-education hearing of the U.S. Senate’s Committee on...

Paul Ryan's Views On College Costs Look A Lot Like Obama's

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When politicians talk about college affordability, they divide into two rough groups. The first group worries about rising student debt and college costs. But they think public and private nonprofit...