Kaplan CEO Andrew Rosen argues that the current crisis provides an opportunity to place questions of student learning, innovation and cost containment at the center of higher education reform debates, and that policymakers can look to for-profit colleges for key lessons about how to retool postsecondary education to reflect new priorities.

Armed with better data, the theory goes, students and parents will vote with their wallets, putting pressure on low-performing colleges to improve while avoiding direct government intervention.  But these provisions are not working nearly as well as intended.

In a recent post, American Enterprise Institute (AEI) education expert Andrew Kelly highlights a notable trend: prestigious academic institutions are beginning to offer open, online courses. Kelly explains that if employers and less prestigious colleges begin to accept the credit earned in these...

College costs are climbing, and reformers from left and right are seeking cost-cutting ideas. Here's one: Turn the maligned for-profit school system into the IBM for education.

American Enterprise Institute (AEI) education expert Andrew P. Kelly's influential research on increasing transparency has covered the truth behind higher education disclosure laws, the real price of college, and the impact of information on choice in higher education.

Yes, but not until institutions are provided with incentive to pursue them.

This volume is an ambitious exploration of possible future directions for revitalized American colleges and universities.