Over Regulation in Higher Education: Panel Discussion Oct. 13, 2010
As the deadline (November 1, 2010) rapidly approaches for the Department of Education to move final regulations out the door, The Heritage Foundation will host Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor of Economics, Ohio University, and Dr. Richard Bishirjian, President and Professor of Government, Yorktown University from 2:00-3:00 pm on October 13, 2010 to speak on the topic "Regulating the College Dream: Obstacles in the Way to Upward Mobility."
Whether one is a for-profit or nonprofit college or university, hear how the Department's current proposed regulations could potentially lead to unintended consequences for higher education.
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Read through and enter the discussion by using the form at the endOverregulated and Underfed - March 30, 2011 12:06 AM
Universities spend a disproportionate proportion of time, money, and effort on regulations, from mandatory remedial education of professors to excessive supervision of grant submission and spending of money received. Greater confidence in the faculty to behave morally, write grants with reasonable budgets and employ helpers who are competent and flexible would pay huge dividends in creativity, productivity, and even profitability.
University administrators could reply with anecdotes about egregious abuse by faculty, but the human and financial cost of restraining the odd abuse far exceeds the administrative expense. And, since such abuse is kept secret, the lessons that could be learned are not directly shared...they only sire new recondite regulations at University and government levels.