Essays about Texas

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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

The For-Profits "Are Making Out Like a Bandit": Will Sheriff Obama Round Up those Bad Boys?

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In a question-and-answer session with college students at SUNY at Binghamton, President Obama made clear that he understands what's wron...
Sunday, August 25, 2013

An Exercise in Cynicism: The Obama Administration Mucks Around in Louisiana's School Voucher Program

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Let's try to put ourselves inside the mind of Attorney General Eric Holder as he tried to decide whether the federal government should i...

Why President Obama's Proposal for Controlling College Costs is a Nonstarter

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In politics as in life, there are problem solvers and there are problem managers. President Obama is a problem manager.  Before he was ele...
Friday, August 23, 2013

President Obama's Proposal to Lower College Costs--Is He Just Appointing a Committee on Snakes?

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If you see a snake, just kill it-don't appoint a committee on snakes.                                                                ...
Thursday, August 22, 2013

Ignoring the Elephant in the Room: The Center for American Progress Proposal for Easing Bankruptcy Restrictions for Some Student Loan Debtors Does Not Go Far Enough

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A lot of fair-minded people have made proposals to reform the federal student loan program.  Unfortunately, most of these proposals don...
Wednesday, August 21, 2013

A Closer (and Closer) Look at the Trillion: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Releases Useful Report on Magnitude of the Student Loan Crisis

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Earlier this month, Rohit Chopra, the Student Loan Ombudsman for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPA), issued a very useful repor...
Saturday, August 17, 2013

The New Arrogance of Our Public Universities: LSU Refuses to Comply with a Court Order

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Mark Emmert: LSU Prez 1999-2004 Goodbye, Mark. We hardly knew ye! Never disobey a court order--this was the advice my senior partner ga...