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Peter Berkowitz, a senior fellow at Stanford Universitys Hoover Institute, recently had a piece in the Wall Street Journal entitled Climategate Was an Academic Disaster Waiting to Happen...
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This report reveals how tuition deregulation has reduced the incentive for Texas
universities to keep spending under control, shifted some higher education costs
from taxpayers to students, exposed the lack of price competition in higher
education, and has not significantly reduced the long-term pressure on state
appropriations for higher education.
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Tuition deregulation has reduced the incentive for Texas universities to keep spending under control, shifted some higher education costs from taxpayers to students, exposed the lack of price competition ...
Texas Public Policy Foundation Texas State Rep. Bill Callegari explains the dangers of the federal government's definition of "navigable waters" and how, as written, it could include private ponds, shallow streams, and even puddles that only show when it rains.
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Texas State Rep. Bill Callegari explains the dangers of the federal government's definition of "navigable waters" and how, as written, it could include private ponds, shallow streams, and even puddles that only show when it rains.
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A new report released this week by the
Texas Public Policy Foundation looks at trends in tuition rates, state
support for higher education, and university spending since the Texas
Legislature deregulated university tuition in 2003. We discuss the
findings with Elizabeth Young, higher education policy analyst at the
Texas Public Policy Foundation.
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New report by the Texas Public Policy Foundation: "Tuition deregulation has reduced the incentive for Texas universities
to keep spending under control, shifted some higher education costs
from taxpayers to students, exposed the lack of price competition in
higher education, and has not significantly reduced the long-term... pressure on state appropriations for higher education."
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Testifying before the House Appropriations Committee earlier this week, Legislative Budget Board (LBB) director John OBrien told committee members that the states next budget will likely be awash in red ink...
One common theme in education that exists in much of the world is the belief by government bureaucrats that they know better than parents. Many academics and development experts tend to believe that because parents are poor they cannot make good decisions regarding their childs education...
James Tooley, in his book The Beautiful Tree, explores public and private schools in Third World countries and finds that the private schools deliver a superior education with less funding. Why are private schools better...
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As I wrote on Tuesday, James Tooley, author of The Beautiful Tree, visited public, recognized private schools, and unrecognized private schools in the slums of India, China, and Africa to compare the quality between these different school environments...
While the states prison population continues to fall, some counties are still disproportionately filling state lockups. Consider that Lubbock County (population: 264,418) has 2,478 of its residents in prisons and state jails, while Hidalgo County (population: 726,604) accounts for 2,986 inmates...
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There is little dispute that Texas faces
considerable mobility challenges in its urban areas. But when it comes
down to how to address those challenges, the consensus disappears. Some
elected officials - particularly in North Texas - continue to push for
new taxes that could cost Texas drivers more than $20 billion over th...e
next decade. But as the Texas Public Policy Foundation's vice president
of policy and communications Justin Keener wrote in the Dallas Morning
News last week, there is a fiscally responsible alternative to fix our
transportation system.
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Many philanthropists, foreign governments, and international aid organizations sincerely want to help the poor and are looking for the best way to educate the poorest children around the world. This is a lofty goal...
Over the last year, the American people have said repeatedly and emphatically that they object to the federal government taking control of their health care...
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"Dr. Margo Thorning, senior economist with the American Council for
Capital Formation, analyzed how cap and trade, renewable energy
mandates, and energy 'savings' dictates would specifically affect
Texas. Utilizing a version of the same model used by the U.S. Energy
Information Administration, the study quantifies the dyna...mic impact of
higher energy prices across all sectors of the economy."
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Federal proposals to cap carbon emissions are tantamount to dumping sand in the gas tank of America’s economic engine.
