Preston Cooper

1 week ago | prestoncooper93.substack.com | Preston Cooper

A few weeks ago, I ordered Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s new book, Abundance, to make a minimum dollar amount for free shipping on Amazon. I’d followed the discourse about the book and thought I’d see what all the fuss was about. Abundance argues that overregulation has hamstrung progressive priorities. Though the government has poured trillions into liberals’ favored projects—housing, green energy, high-speed rail, and others—much of that investment has come to naught, the victim of red tape.

2 weeks ago | aei.org | Preston Cooper |Beth Akers |Anna Low |Mark Schneider

Post The Senate’s Higher Education Reforms Are Strong (But Could Be Stronger) Report A Template for Considering New University Accreditors Post Ten Things College Trustees Should Remember Post Six Ways College Trustees Can Improve Their Students’ ROI Post State Governments Could Do More to Hire for Skills, Not Degrees Post Congress’s Unique Opportunity to Fix Federal Student Loans Testimony High Costs, Uneven Value: Repairing the Federal Role in Postsecondary Education Report How State...

3 weeks ago | aei.org | Frederick M. Hess |Beth Akers |Robert Pondiscio |Preston Cooper

Event What’s Next for K–12 School Reform? Report A Template for Considering New University Accreditors Post To Improve Student Outcomes, Focus On Classroom Practice, Not Policy Post How Many Administrators Do Colleges Have?

3 weeks ago | aei.org | Preston Cooper

The eight institutions of the Ivy League show many of the hallmarks of anticompetitive behavior. Most Ivy League institutions severely limit undergraduate admissions, turning away thousands of qualified applicants. The schools charge among the highest tuition prices in the country and are less likely to provide financial aid than other private institutions.

3 weeks ago | aei.org | Preston Cooper |Frederick M. Hess |Naomi Schaefer Riley |James Piereson

Post Is the Ivy League a Cartel? Event Can Elite Higher Education Reform Itself? Event Rescheduled to a Later Date: The Future of Higher Education: A Conversation with Frederick M. Hess and Christina H.