Pebble Theory of Higher Education Regulation
Critics of my ilk often look at the growth of non-instructional staff or at obscene administrative spending, and conclude that back offices are bloated and should be cut down to size. The standard...
View ArticleThe High Pay of College Presidents
Richard Vedder has a new essay, published by MindingtheCampus, on the excessively high levels of compensation a number of college presidents enjoy: The Chronicle of Higher Education’s recently released...
View ArticleRe: Campus CFO’s Are Right
I think one additional point at least needs to be made regarding the fact that the Chronicle/Moody’s survey results show that 38% of higher ed CFOs favor increasing teaching loads, other things equal,...
View ArticleRemedial Education Is the Cause of Administrative Bloat?
David Hogberg of Investor’s Business Daily has a piece up on administrative bloat and the role it may play in escalating college costs (Hogberg quotes CCAP’s Daniel Bennett, who’s written about this...
View ArticleQuote of the Week
Edububble has another dandy, in the context of ED Sec. Arne Duncan’s recent admonition to colleges to cut costs: The Feds can write as many checks as they want, but the college industrial complex will...
View ArticleConnecticut Tries Administrative Cost Reduction
The State of Connecticut may be taking a page out of the CCAP playbook, as The Hartford Courant reports: This week the state Board of Regents for Higher Education released a list of 24 positions that...
View ArticleHow Colleges Can Lower the Debt Burdens of Their Students
In an essay published last week by InsideHigherEd, Michael Bugeja lists ideas for actions that university officials and staff can take to lower their costs, with the goal of alleviating the debt...
View ArticleCCAP in the News: College President Salary Edition
Last night, Richard Vedder appeared on Chicago's ABC affiliate, WLS-TV, during a story on the salaries of university presidents, with particular emphasis on the salaries of top executive officers at...
View ArticleA Few Thoughts on Mitch Daniels at Purdue
I’m a bit of a late comer to the party, but new Purdue University President Mitch Daniels made national news even before he officially left the Governorship of Indiana to oversee the University,...
View ArticleThe One Percent: The Corporatizion of American Higher Education
Co-authors Andrew Erwin and Marjorie Wood discovered student debt and low-wage faculty labor rose faster at state schools with the highest paid presidents than the national average. Moreover,...
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