This report reveals how tuition deregulation has reduced the incentive for Texas universities to keep spending under control, shifted some higher education costs from taxpayers to students, exposed the lack of price competition in higher education, and has not significantly reduced the long-term pressure on state appropriations for higher education.
Higher Education
College Grade Inflation Undermines Workforce Competitiveness
For years, I’ve warned that college grade inflation is real, rampant, and ravaging a university near you. It is a cancer eating away at American higher education, undermining academic standards, devaluing transcripts, and cheating students and employers alike. My research has tracked this crisis over the last decade, and the evidence is stark: what was...
March 10, 2025