American higher education faces some serious problems--but they are not the ones most people think. In this brief and accessible book, two leading experts show that many so-called crises--from the idea that typical students are drowning in debt to the belief that tuition increases are being driven by administrative bloat--are exaggerated or simply…

Elite colleges and universities have encountered criticism because students from upscale families have come to dominate the schools' Black enrollments. African-American alumni of an earlier generation and other critics want more low-income students admitted. National studies, though, show that only a small percentage of high school seniors from…

Disagrees with Mark Eblen's proposal that the costs of obtaining a college education should be tax deductible. College tuition is not closely analogous to other investments. Although federal subsidization of postsecondary education is desirable, a tax deduction is a poor delivery method. Government already provides subsidized state colleges,…