Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20001-5403

Phone (202) 842 0200
Fax (202) 842 3490
Contact Us
Support Cato

Higher Education

Get the latest on Higher Education: RSS Feed RSS   AddThis Feed Button

Books and Book Chapters

"Higher Education Policy," Chapter 21, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

"Higher Education," Chapter 29, Cato Handbook on Policy, 6th Edition, (2005).

"Principle and Policy in Public University Admissions: Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger," by Roger Pilon, Cato Supreme Court Review: 2002-2003.

Cato Studies

"Unbearable Burden? Living and Paying Student Loans as a First-Year Teacher," by Neal McCluskey, Policy Analysis no. 629, December 15, 2008

"The Affirmative Action Myth," by Marie Gryphon, Policy Analysis no. 540, April 13, 2005

"Making College More Expensive: The Unintended Consequences of Federal Tuition Aid," by Gary Wolfram, Policy Analysis no. 531, January 25, 2005

"Human Capital Contracts: "Equity-like" Instruments for Financing Higher Education," by Miguel Palacios, Policy Analysis no. 462, December 16, 2002

"The Threat to Independent Education: Public Subsidies and Private Colleges," by Gary Wolfram, Policy Analysis no. 278, August 15, 1997

[View more Cato Studies]

Opinion and Commentary

"College Football Very Taxing," by Neal McCluskey, Minneapolis Star Tribune, December 30, 2009

"Obama Gets Inflated Grade on Education Reform," by Neal McCluskey, Detroit News, November 14, 2009

"Government Role Will Leave Us with the Bill," by Neal McCluskey, Minneapolis Star Tribune, September 30, 2009

"Student Loan Fix Will Prove Costly," by Neal McCluskey, Detroit News, August 29, 2009

"SAFRA Stinks," by Neal McCluskey, Forbes, August 10, 2009

[View more Opinion and Commentary]

Events

"Taking Control of Spiraling College Costs," October 6, 2009 [Policy Forum]

"What the Administration's College Proposals Would Do for America," April 7, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"Does Public Higher Ed Funding Drive Economic Growth?," January 14, 2009 [Policy Forum]

"Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America’s Schools Back to Reality," October 8, 2008 [Book Forum]

"Ivory Tower Overhaul: How to Fix American Higher Ed," September 27, 2006 [Policy Forum]

[View more Events]




Multimedia

Media Highlight Donald Abrams, M.D. discusses student loan forgiveness on WTTG FOX 5 January 28, 2010 [Flash Video, 02:33]

Daily Podcast "Televising and Subsidizing the Big Game" featuring Neal McCluskey, January 6, 2010 [Flash Audio, 06:57]

Daily Podcast "Human Capital versus College Degrees" featuring Neal McCluskey, November 23, 2009 [Flash Audio, 06:46]

Media Highlight Neal McCluskey on the tuition increase in UC-Berkeley on FBN November 20, 2009 [Flash Video, 03:35]

Daily Podcast "Big Fed and Higher Ed" featuring George C. Leef, November 11, 2009 [Flash Audio, 08:24]

[View more Multimedia]