A plethora of myths surround the causes of skyrocketing tuitions, crushing student-loan debt, and declining academic standards. College students, parents, and taxpayers must get beyond these myths to become better informed consumers of higher education.
Higher Education
Don’t Shrink the Core. Fix It.
Just how bad is American higher education today? Consider this observation on today’s college students from Jessica Wilson, a professor of great books and humanities at Pepperdine: “It’s not even an inability to critically think. It’s an inability to read sentences.” She is not alone. Professors at elite colleges report that many incoming students arrive...
July 31, 2026