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Paid Off: today’s perfect symbol for how we pay for American higher ed

How does America finance higher ed in 2018?  How about… a tv game show? “Paid Off” is a real program, and might just be the perfect symbol for our academic financing situation.  I haven’t seen it yet, but the Washington Post offers … Continue reading →

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AAUP versus Obama

President Obama’s new higher education plan has won quite a few reactions.  Few have been as passionately critical, thoughtful, and significant as this one from the president of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP).  Rudy Fichtenbaum demolishes the plan … Continue reading →

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