On Saturday, the Washington Post published a letter to the editor I wrote (The “joy” of student loans) in response to Senator Lamar Alexander’s op-ed from last week. Sen. Alexander’s op-ed threatened that under the administration’s proposal to move to Direct Lending, “getting your student loan will become about as enjoyable as going to the [...]
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Why There’s No Such Thing as a Three-Year Free Lunch
The latest Newsweek cover story is titled, “The Three Year Solution: How the Reinvention of Higher Education Benefits Parents, Students, and Schools,” by Senator (and former University of Tennessee president) Lamar Alexander. Like the discussion of three-year bachelor’s degrees generally, the article is at best shallow and at worst deeply confused.
The article begins with the [...]
Lowering Student Loan Default Rates: What One Consortium of Historically Black Institutions Did to Succeed 
College and Career-Ready: Using Outcomes Data to Hold High Schools Accountable for Student Success
03/19/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on college graduation rates and the NCAA Tournament in the Detroit Free Press.
03/19/10 | Linda Perlstein links to Education Sector's "College- and Career-Ready" event.
03/17/10 | Ben Miller's column on graduation rates and NCAA Tournament eligibility is mentioned on The Wall Street Journal's The Daily Fix.
03/17/10 | Kevin Carey's critique of Diane Ravitch's latest book is quoted in Doublethink's Conventional Folly blog.
03/15/10 | Ben Miller pens an op-ed for US News & World Report on using graduation rates to determine NCAA Tournament eligibility.