10 Questions to Ask When Seeking an Affordable College Education

This blog grew out of a twitter conversation on #collegecash that took place in late March. I thank those involved for their encouragement to write this up, and I welcome your feedback and suggestions.

Exodus, Ourselves

The paint was red and black, and I only understood some of the obscenities written on the walls, but I knew what the enormous swastika smeared on the front of my synagogue meant.

I was 11 years old, and standing in a wealthy community in Fairfax County, Virginia. Two…

Moving Backward, Not Forward at Syracuse University

Ashley Smith, a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Syracuse alumna, is the author of this guest blog.

Everything seemed to be looking up for students at Syracuse University — until…

Is College Worth It? Let’s Get Real

Once again, thanks to the New York Times there’s yet another discussion ranging on Twitter and elsewhere about whether college is worth it. The discussion is typically technocratic, focusing on comparisons and counterfactuals, trying to pinpoint the economic return…

The Upshot Gets it Wrong on College Costs — Again

I’m beginning to wonder who David Leonhardt is trying to help with his columns on college costs. One thing is for sure: it’s definitely not students from low or middle-income families.

Critical Questions about the Proposed Graduate School Reorganization at UW-Madison

For more than five years, administrators at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have been pursuing a restructuring of the Graduate School. Overviews of that effort and discussions about the…