Toward a New Approach to Regulating Higher Education
A strengthened management-based regime could be combined with a lessening of unnecessary and unhelpful “command and control.”
Week in Review
The Labor Department finalizes rule concerning retirement investment advisers, Pfizer halts Allergan merger following proposed rule on corporate inversions, and more…
President Obama’s College Rating Proposal
The college rating controversy reveals the challenges of a performance-based approach to regulating higher education.
Management-Based Regulation of Higher Education
Regulation of higher education has long been “management-based”—and under attack for being ineffectual.
Types of Regulation
Those seeking to reform the regulation of higher education must understand the available tools.
Learning from the “College Rating System” Debate
The Obama Administration’s failed effort to establish a rating system holds implications for the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act.
Improving Higher Education Regulation
In a six-part series, Provost Wendell Pritchett explains why reforming higher education requires careful analysis of the fundamentals of regulation.
RegBlog Celebrates Fifth Anniversary with Panel of Top Regulatory Thinkers
Panel organized by RegBlog and Penn Program on Regulation examines upcoming election’s implications for regulation.
Week in Review
The U.S. and China pledge to sign Paris Climate Agreement, multi-agency rule bans religious groups from discriminating against social services recipients, and more…
Is Dungeness Crab Safe to Eat?
California regulators lift ban on commercial fishing following health, economic, and environmental concerns.
Federal Agency Tackles Health Care Gap for Transgender Soldiers
A proposed rule would cover certain gender transition services for military members.