Liberal Arts Journal

Rising Tuition in Higher Education: Should we be Concerned?

Stewart, Renehan

The most pressing concern in higher education amongst students, prospects, and parents is high tuition. I sought to assess the magnitude of the problem of high tuition in America and address potential changes that might ...
Underemployment and Student Debt

Tressa Naylor

This paper investigates the causes of the student debt crisis. Some authors have suggested that the increase in tuition, which they believe to be a result of either less state funding or more competition between schools, ...
A Student Perspective on the Causes of the Commercialization of Higher Education and the Movement of Professors Away from Undergraduate Teaching Towards Research and the Effect Those Two Movements Have on Undergraduate Learning and Education

Richman, Jacob

There has been a continuous movement of faculty at institutions of higher education away from a focus on teaching undergraduate students towards individual and specialized research and graduate teaching. This paper will ...