Articles
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Higher Education
Expand and improve higher-ed vouchers in Oklahoma
One of the great ironies of the school choice debate is that the United States has long been a world leader in school vouchers—for higher education. In fact, soaring tuition costs and outrageous bloat in higher education are not so much a result of government monopoly as they are a result of flaws in our collegiate school choice programs.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | September 1, 2015
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Higher Education
Free Market Friday: Efficiency or bust
As Oklahoma legislators completed their budget deliberations this year, we heard the usual chorus from critics complaining that education was being shortchanged. Much criticism came from those in higher education, who perpetually demand more tax dollars and tuition increases.Michael Carnuccio | July 11, 2015
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Education, Higher Education
State-Run Enterprises and One-Ton Nails
Economic losses send a clear signal that the firm is doing something wrong and gives it an incentive to change. Economic profits send a clear signal that the firm is doing something right.Cecil Bohanon | July 1, 2015
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Higher Education
High-Quality, Low-Cost College for Oklahomans
Making college tuition-free for some Oklahomans while simultaneously saving the state money seems like a win-win to us.Brandon Dutcher & Frank Keating | February 23, 2015
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Higher Education
How to Make Higher Education More Affordable
A new semester is under way, which means many college students (and their parents) are again worried about things like tuition costs and student debt.Anthony Hennen & Richard Vedder | February 5, 2015
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Higher Education
Langston Professor Says School Choice Benefits Students
Far from undermining public education, school choice provides an environment in which public schools can thrive.Brandon Dutcher | December 13, 2014
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Higher Education
‘Throwing money at a system that’s not working’
Former Gov. Frank Keating (a Republican) and former state treasurer Scott Meacham (a Democrat) took to the pages of The Oklahoman this week to sound the alarm about Oklahoma’s very serious educational-performance problemsBrandon Dutcher | December 5, 2014
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Higher Education
Tuition-free College for Oklahomans?
Do we want to make college tuition-free for Oklahomans and simultaneously reduce government spending? Amazingly, this option is possible today because of the emergence of high-quality, low-cost college.Vance H. Fried | September 2, 2014
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Higher Education
The Value of the College Premium—and the Marriage Premium
There is a lot of discussion in the mainstream media about the “college wage premium”—the benefit gained by earning a college diploma in terms of one’s long-term earning potential.J. Scott Moody & Wendy Warcholik, Ph.D. | July 2, 2014
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Higher Education
College graduation rates should concern policymakers
Disruptive innovation is all around us. The $10,000 bachelor’s degree is here to stay, for example. Harvard business professor Clayton Christensen says “15 years from now more than half of the universities will be in bankruptcy, including the state schools.” It’s time for Oklahoma’s political leaders to reconsider some things.Brandon Dutcher | May 13, 2014