The basis for President Obama’s action to cap student loan responsibility at 10% of earned income for 20 years (10/20 plan) is that education is a public good and the public should pay for it. Parts of the public, employers…
Universities should be sharply focused on academic excellence and helping students develop the power to think. Thinking and doing creates value. And jobs follow like a “shadow on dry thirsty land.” Employment will be a place of refuge for thought…
In many rural areas, even those with a university, there is a pervasive sense that economic vitality is impossible, the challenges too great, rewards too limited and regional poverty too persistent. This is a costly misconception. “Nobody made a greater…
