Other writings & Media

Op-Ed and Commentary

 The Wall Street Journal is Wrong About Pell GrantsPolitico, May 9, 2022. With Donald E. Heller

We Can Do Better than a Free College Bumper StickerUSA Today, August 29, 2019.

Not All Studies are Created Equal: A Reader’s Guide, Inside Higher Education, June 11, 2019.

It’s Time to Change the Conversations on Majors and IncomeInside Higher Education, June 26, 2017.

This State’s Free College Plan Won’t Actually Send More Kids to CollegeFortune, April 14, 2017.

Why Bernie Sanders’s Free College Plan Doesn’t Make SenseThe Washington Post, April 22, 2016. With Robert B. Archibald.

The Cost of Private Colleges Isn’t Actually SkyrocketingThe Washington Post, May 11, 2015. With Robert B. Archibald.

Media

Million Dollar Book Stories, March 8, 2024

Why Does College Cost so Much?” You Don’t Have to Yell, podcast with Dan Sally, September 8, 2022. 

Reset, with Sasha-Ann Simon. WBEZ. What is Making College So Expensive? August 29, 2022.

Radio interview: Chicago’s Morning Answer with Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson, June 25, 2019.

Radio interview: Top of Mind, with Julie Rose: Cost of Higher Education Explained. September 18, 2018.