I’ve been covering the “higher education bubble,” see posts here and here. One reason for the still-inflating higher education bubble for college tuition and fees is administrative bloat, see CD post ...

Two decades ago, I left the Philadelphia region and headed 3,000 miles west to California to start my first year of college. While I was fortunate to have traveled a bit before college, living in the ...

It’s going to be a big, beautiful day that does not involve NC State football whatsoever, and it feels good. Some of the games I’m keeping an eye on today: Noon Ohio State vs. IndianaFlorida vs.

Florida is the No. 1 overall seed in Blogging the Bracket’s preseason offering. The Gators were No. 2 overall in 2026. Is Ohio State still a contender? The SEC’s CFP problem, Boise State’s issues, the ...

There’s the NCAA tournament bubble, a nebulous exercise to describe shifting programs into and out of the Big Dance based on recent results. There are bubble teams, spending the month stressing their ...

WCC contender Santa Clara has a leg up on many of its bubble counterparts in the Wins Above Bubble metric scrutinized by the selection committee. Robert Johnson / Getty Images Editor’s note: This ...