Education
The Workforce Training Grant
A proposal for funding employer-led noncollege pathways instead of higher education failure
Collections
Retooling American Education
How to Move Beyond College-for-All
Foreword: What’s in Your Toolbox?
The Workforce Training Grant
A proposal for funding employer-led noncollege pathways instead of higher education failure
Introducing Pluralism to Public Schooling
Failing on Purpose
Foreword: Teach for America
Public education’s primary purpose is preservation of our democratic republic.
The School of Self-Rule
Public education must empower the common citizen.
Making Meritocrats Moral
Public education must form a virtuous elite.
Policy Proposals
The Workforce Training Grant
A proposal for funding employer-led noncollege pathways instead of higher education failure
Research & Atlas
A Guide to College-for-All
The college-for-all model fails most Americans in favor of a “Fortunate Fifth” who proceed smoothly from high school to college to career.
News & Commentary
Complacency and wasteful spending blight US higher education
FINANCIAL TIMES—American Compass’s Oren Cass makes the case against forgiving billions of dollars of student debt and for rethinking our approach to higher education.
How to Fix America: Stop Pushing College
THE NEW YORK TIMES—In a Dealbook feature collecting ideas from a wide variety of leaders on how to improve the country, American Compass’s Oren Cass argues for shifting our focus away from college and toward providing strong, non-college career pathways.