George Leef, director of research at the John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, criticizes the idea of having the federal government force colleges and universities to use portions of their endowments to help students cope with rising tuition. Leef offered these comments during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 648).
Opinion
Job needs propel college reforms
I’ve long been bullish on North Carolina’s community colleges. In the past, I’ve praised the system’s cost-effectiveness, its capacity to serve nontraditional students, and the impressive labor-market returns for associate degrees and certificates in such fields as industrial technology, home repair, computer sciences, and health care. Today, I’ll offer you three pieces of good news...