My new TheAtlantic.com column is titled, The Best Way to Fix Student Aid: Make the Colleges Earn It.
It argues that to receive taxpayer-funded financial aid, colleges should be required to show at least minimal value-added in learning and employability. After all, the government won't allow even a drug to market without proven efficacy.
The government has given higher education a free pass and mammoth access to our tax dollars while requiring less accountability than we do for a tire. That must screech to a halt.
HERE is the link to the column.
