Community colleges are subsidized through direct state and local government appropriations and through student grant programs. Every student who drops out represents an investment loss by the taxpayers in that student's uncompleted education.

AEI education expert Mark Schneider and Lu Michelle Yin explore the harmful consequences of low community college graduation rates and propose policy solutions in the latest edition of Education Outlook.

An ever-increasing number of individuals are turning to community college for their higher education. Online delivery of classes and competency-based models of higher learning should be employed and innovations from for-profit schools should be borrowed to increase the number of Americans completing their associate’s degrees.

While those who wish to make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary raise important points and concern for individual privacy is paramount, the government can best serve the American people by continuing to gather high quality survey data through the ACS.

The Cold War is an increasingly distant memory in American military minds, except in the minds of the arms control community, and in particular those who seek the elimination of nuclear weapons. Alas, our president is a member in good standing of this community—indeed, an organizer.So, too, it...

In order to prepare young Americans for the job market, there needs to be a greater partnership between business and education. Business leaders must engage academia head on if they want to be substantial and lasting change.

Without major program changes, CLASS will face a financial crisis that could lead to a financial bailout rivaling anything we have seen to date.

The Community Reinvestment Act was a successful piece of legislation; however, the success was incomplete and came with significant costs that have increased over time as the structure of markets has evolved.