Articles
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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
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Higher Education
Will Increased Government Spending on Higher Ed Boost Economic Growth?
Fortunately, some reporters have the wisdom to consider not only that which is seen, but that which is unseen.Brandon Dutcher | February 14, 2014
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Higher Education
Affordable Higher Education Is on the Horizon
Conversations on how to make college affordable are endless. Technically, we know how to significantly lower costs and improve quality, but little appears to be happening. Existing institutions are intransigent, and tuition keeps going up. Providing affordable education is simply not a goal of today’s leading colleges and universities. Most could cut tuition in half by simply returning to their business models of 25 years ago, but they have no incentive to do so.Vance Fried | February 6, 2013