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Why Do Kids Go to College?

by Ken Posted on June 23, 2014

In graduate school, I had a particularly curmudgeonly professor who claimed that college was simply post-adolescent day care, and that parents paid tuition and other fees just to get their kids out of their hair for four years until they … Continue reading →

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Why Should I Go To Your School Instead of a Cheaper One?

by Ken Posted on April 4, 2014

The first half of most Strategic Management textbooks are often filled with the various models of Michael Porter. Around Chapter 4, the Strategic Positioning model is usually introduced: Like many of Porter’s models, Strategic Positioning is easy to grasp, but … Continue reading →

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Can Private Universities Compete on Price?

by Ken Posted on March 21, 2014

When I began teaching Strategic Management in 2003, Southwest Airlines was just entering the Philadelphia market. This proved to be very disruptive for the dominant incumbent, US Air. Whenever Southwest enters a market, the first impact is that overall fares … Continue reading →

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The Cost of Textbooks

by Ken Posted on September 27, 2012

I found an industry besides healthcare whose prices are rising as fast as college tuition! Not coincidentally, it is the textbook industry. According to the GAO, textbook prices are increasing at twice the rate of inflation, lagging tuition by only … Continue reading →

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The Cost of Higher Education

by Ken Posted on September 25, 2012

I always enjoy @fredwilson’s blog (A VC), so I was intrigued yesterday when he deviated from his usual topics of technology startups and the venture capital industry to comment on the costs of higher education. He made some good points … Continue reading →

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