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YU News
Price Controls Ahead for Colleges and Universities
InsideHigherEd.com, Other Presidents before President Obama have instituted price controls, but yesterday was the first time that an American President warned that he may impose controls on college tuition. That's an interesting concept though it tends to reflect what Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels refered to at this Aministration's "trickle down government" approach. A market approach which allows competition by lower cost Internet providers could force colleges to halt tuition "leap." Here is are links comparing tuition costs of institutions in Colorado and Texas to tuition at Yorktown University:
Colorado - http://www.yorktownuniversity.edu/documents/colorado_landing.pdf
Texas - http://www.yorktownuniversity.edu/documents/texas_landing.pdf
Jan 25, 2012
State Universities Losing Some State Subsidies
Daniel de Vise is reporting on WaPo this week that the UC-Berkeley and other state schools may be "in peril."
Dec 27, 2011
Year of School Choice and other Top Education Stories of 2011
The Heritage Foundation's Morning Bell has posted the Top 10 Education Stories of 2011, which include the Obama Administration's restricting access to student loans for some students and forgiving student loans for others, and much more. Check it out, on The Foundry.
Dec 27, 2011
The Pope Center Asks: Can Philanthropy Rescue Higher Education?
Lenore T. Ealy of the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy posted and essay this morning asking if the type of philanthropy that was activated by F. A. Hayek’s essay, "The Intellectuals and Socialism" in 1949 rescue modern-day higher ed.
Dec 21, 2011
Our Bob Schaffer: Chairman, Colorado State Board of Education, and former U.S. Congressman
Colorado's Bob Schaffer is a very active citizen. He is the elected Chairman of the Colorado State Board of Education, founding Principal of Liberty Common High School in Ft. Collins, Colorado, former U.S. Member of the House of Representatives where he served on the House Education and Workforce Committee and an active commentator on education for the National Journal. Oh, and Bob Schaffer has served as a Trustee of Yorktown University since 2004. Here is his latest commentary on education for the National Journal.
Dec 13, 2011
RIP Marion Montgomery
The Intercollegiate Institute and Online Athens have recently published memorials to University of Georgia's Dr. Marion Montgomery, who died the day before Thanksgiving this year.
Dec 11, 2011
Choosing your Battles
Inside Higher Ed writes that public university administrators are wondering why students are protesting them instead of the people who make the laws?
Dec 9, 2011
Happy Thanksgiving!
What better way to remember the reason for our national Thanksgiving Holiday than to read President George Washington’s message establishing a national day of Thanksgiving?
Nov 24, 2011
Andrew Breitbart's "Big Education"
Something new is on the horizon for higher education! Here’s Andrew Breitbart’s Big Education! Andrew Breitbart of Big Government, Big Journalism, Big Hollywood, and recently Big Peace also has what appears to be a beta project, previewed by Glenn Beck in 2010.
Nov 18, 2011
A Review of Dr. Sanera's Constitutional Workshop
Yorktown University’s Dr. Michael Sanera is active in examining the Founder’s philosophy of limited government. Click HERE for a review of a Constitutional Workshop that Dr. Sanera conducted in New Bern, North Carolina on Saturday, October 29.
Nov 3, 2011
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