Gaming the System: How Kentucky Spends Funding for Students on Athletics

Kentuckians were forced to consider potential problems with intercollegiate athletics when both the University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky were implicated in the recent FBI probe into possibly … Continue reading “Gaming the System: How Kentucky Spends Funding for Students on Athletics”





Lake Wobegon Performance Measure Reveals All Community Colleges Above Average

North Carolina’s community college “earnings gains” measure may make the community colleges look good to those who do not look too closely, but it does not tell us much about how good they actually are. The system needs to go back to the drawing board; the new measure is more public relations than a true measure of performance.




A Common-Sense Budget for UNC

The North Carolina governor’s budget proposal provides stable funding and some directions for greater efficiency.