Don't Reform Law School; Abridge it

The New York Times published an editorial several days ago which discussed the need for reform of legal education in the United States. This editorial took particular aim at the casebook method approach to legal education (sometimes also called the case method, as in the article) and …

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Written by Mark R. Yzaguirre on Monday November 28, 2011

How I Learned by Mail

David and Mark have written about the costs of getting a college education in today’s America. From personal experience, I think one big solution to many of these problems will ultimately be in combining traditional schools with technology to create competition and eliminate much of the vast …

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Written by Cheves Ligon on Friday November 25, 2011

Yes, You Can Get an Affordable Education

Noah Kristula-Green and David Frum have written articles in the past week about the high cost of college tuition and its linkage to student loan debt. Noah aptly points out that one way affluent parents can pass along wealth to their children is by paying for college so their children won't have …

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Written by Mark R. Yzaguirre on Monday November 21, 2011

College, Schmollage

I am already fretting about where my four year old will go to college. David Frum , also touring colleges with his son, is even more worried than I am. My parents worried like crazy over where my sister and I would go to college. There’s a good argument that all of this is a waste of energy. …

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Written by Eli Lehrer on Monday November 21, 2011

Which is More Useless? Limbaugh or a Classics Major?

Dear Mr. Rush Limbaugh, I see you have let your own educational insecurities shine through in your latest rant in which you "bravely" attempted to decipher the "sad-sack story" of a Classical Studies scholar. Bravo. If only you had taken a philosophy course about the Sophists, you might have …

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Written by Miranda Frum on Wednesday November 2, 2011

Can Students Focus on Self-Development?

Since the college degree has decreased in value, its time for college to refocus on being about self-development. This is the third part in a FrumForum series on the value of college written by FrumForum's summer interns. I spent my first year of college with no unique desires to learn – …

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Written by Nicole Glass on Friday July 1, 2011

Not All Students Are Equally Studious

Not all students work equally hard. The problem is that too many students are just paying and showing up for college, not working. This is the third part in a FrumForum series on the value of college written by FrumForum's summer interns. I am currently a student at Georgetown University’s …

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Written by Fred Messner on Friday July 1, 2011

College is About Skills, Not Wages

The skill-set that college gives us to allows us to navigate the real world and the careers within it are much more important than a bump up on the wage bracket. This is the second part in a FrumForum series on the value of college written by FrumForum's summer interns. Once, a great …

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Written by Robert Lee on Friday July 1, 2011