Charts prepared for the Summer Legislative Policy Conference, examing the relationship between 3rd and 8th grade proficiency in math and reading as indicators for college preparedness.
Higher Education
Colleges Are At Risk Of Closing. Good.
“You’ll own nothing, and you’ll be happy” is an increasingly fitting description of the American college graduate. While that World Economic Forum slogan is rightly mocked for its managerial creepiness, jokes aside, the average student nowadays is surely more nihilistic about the world than previous generations. The economic bargain of college, however, is looking increasingly...
September 8, 2026