University endowments have grown considerably over the past decade owing to a relatively strong stock market and aggressive investing techniques. With the cost of college skyrocketing, endowments have now come under increased scrutiny from the public and from Congress. Some think that investment gains from university endowments should be used...

University endowments have grown considerably over the past decade owing to a relatively strong stock market and aggressive investing techniques. With the cost of college skyrocketing, endowments have now come under increased scrutiny from the public and from Congress. Some think that investment gains from university endowments should be used...

In 2005, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings appointed a panel of academics, higher education administrators, and business leaders to assess the state of higher education and recommend reforms. The commission released its final report in the fall of 2006, calling for greater accountability from colleges and universities, expressing concern...

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Higher education produces large average economic gains for those who complete their degrees and improves productivity and competitiveness in the U.S. economy at large. To finance college and other advanced training, students and their families are...

Students and families can finance higher education in three ways: grants, government-backed loans, or private loans. Contemporary research and debate typically focus on grants and federally supported loans. Meanwhile, despite its explosive growth, the private loan market remains minimally researched and poorly understood. This made sense a decade ago, when...

Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and others on what's wrong with higher education today--and how to fix it.

The rapid growth in college tuition and fees has outstripped changes in the Consumer Price Index. Who is benefiting from this extraordinary flow of money from students and their families to institutions of higher education?

College graduation rates are worse than high school graduation rates. The costs of this abysmal performance to students and taxpayers are high.