Category: Education

The topic of adjuncts is getting some play finally. I’ve seen it bubbling up among the college Left for some time now, but now it is in the New York Times and big organizing drives are under way. In these pieces, I often see a variety of statistics thrown about, but never the statistics I… Continue reading What does the national data say about adjuncts?

Over at the CUNY advocate, Konczal and I have a back and forth on the idea of a graduate tax (sometimes called Pay It Forward). The first two pieces were written a while ago, so they may be somewhat dated (e.g. in student debt figures). But overall they are good. My impression was that there… Continue reading Grudge Match: Mike Konczal and I on the Graduate Tax

I wrote 3 theses on higher education. The one people seemed to get the biggest kick out of was the last one, in which I argue that free college would disproportionately benefit rich kids (they are disproportionately represented and pay more than their non-rich cohorts due to price discrimination). One point I did not bring… Continue reading 4 responses to my higher education piece

The perennial question is: who has more? Answer: oranges. More what? I don’t know. But definitely more.

I had a post today about higher education. The aftermath has been interesting. Most seem to have conceded (with only Aaron Bady holding out that maybe the College Board’s summary of NPSAS data is not accurate) that the spike in college costs have fallen primarily on non-poor kids, the richest half of kids especially. What… Continue reading What about the independent students?