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January 30, 2020

What Do We Do About the Student Loan Crisis?

Americans have accumulated over $1.5 trillion in student loan debt, which is now the second highest debt category in the United States, beating out…

June 29, 2016

The Latest of Affirmative Action in Higher Education, Part II

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court again upheld the use of race-conscious admissions policies in higher education. Ending an eight-year legal battle, the Court,…

August 20, 2014

College Resources for Arkansas Students

Open Education Database (OEDb.org) recently contacted me regarding an online comprehensive college resource guide they’ve put together for Arkansas. OEDb.org is a website that compiles…

May 6, 2014

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Prohibition on Racial Preferences

Race-based admissions in higher education is a hot button issue, and I’ve written about this subject in the past here and here. Colleges and universities…

October 1, 2013

Feds Issue Guidance on Race-Based Admissions

Late last month, the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights and the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice jointly…

July 16, 2013

The Unintended Consequences of School Gun Laws

I recently ran across this article from the New York Times that brings to light a problem that some school districts are facing when…

July 2, 2013

The Latest on Affirmative Action in Higher Education

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court remanded a race-based admissions case concerning the University of Texas to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, finding…

May 20, 2013

The Higher Education Bubble

When I worked in Governor Beebe’s office, though I was assigned to K-12 education, higher education, and pre-k, I spent the majority of my…

March 18, 2013

Bill Halter’s Arkansas Promise

On Friday, Bill Halter’s campaign staff released what he is calling the Arkansas Promise, a plan to pay for the college tuition for every Arkansas student….

February 12, 2013

Lottery Scholarship Amounts in Question Again

Several legislators filed a bill this week to once again lower the amounts future students will receive from the lottery scholarship. The amounts have…

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