In 2011, Texas Governor Perry challenged universities to craft $10,000 degrees. "Revolution Rising?" is an update on Texas’ Affordable Baccalaureate Degrees. The 2014 Affordable Baccalaureate Program best incorporates the means specified by the governor, and could serve as a model for the country.
Higher Education
A Double “Return” on Education
From across the political spectrum, voters rural and urban and suburban, everyone I talk to has a theory about what has gone so wrong with American education. From cellphones to laptops, the culture wars and the pandemic, teacher pay and teacher burnout, weak discipline and bad curriculum to collapsing standards, there are no shortage of...
October 2, 2026