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August 29, 2024
It’s Time for Radical Reform in Higher Education
There were many years when Republican and Democratic lawmakers weren’t too far apart on higher education policy. Their rhetoric reflected different priorities, but neither party really pushed for a radical…
June 27, 2024
New Legal Roadblocks for Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Crusade
Last fall President Biden announced his “Plan B” for student loan cancellation after the Supreme Court ruled his initial efforts unconstitutional. Plan B, named the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan,…
May 29, 2024
Holding out Hope for a Left-Right Consensus on Federal Student Lending
…Earlier this month, the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity’s (FREOPP) Preston Cooper and Beth hosted a webinar to discuss a recent report the three of us co-authored on the potential for expanding the…
April 10, 2024
Biden Irresponsibly Encourages Borrowers to Enroll in SAVE Plan
…millions of students expecting loan forgiveness high and dry. As Beth wrote last year, “Biden and his progressive allies promised loan forgiveness that almost every legal expert knew would be stopped cold…
April 9, 2024
Maddow Spreads Misinformation on Student Loan Cancellation
…lawmakers like President Biden let them off the hook to repay them. Blaming banks is a common refrain for Democrats, but it’s completely ignorant to do so in the case…
April 9, 2024
Biden Knows Student Loan Cancellation Is a Bad Idea
This morning, President Biden announced new details about the latest effort to cancel student debt that he says will reduce balances or completely cancel student debt for over 30 million Americans. First,…
April 3, 2024
Feds Should Take a Big Step Back on Student Loans
…to the game in reaching this conclusion. After all, the economic integrity of the student loan program has been under attack for over a decade, especially as lawmakers used income…
March 28, 2024
Federal Student Lending is Beyond Repair
…to erode the economic integrity of the entire federal student loan program. For decades, much of the public and many lawmakers have had gripes with federal student lending and have…
January 30, 2024
Democrats in the House Have a New (Old) Plan for Higher Education
Lately, it’s been Republican lawmakers who have been at the table and offering up comprehensive reform for higher education policy, but this week House Democrats got back in the game. Today, they…
December 8, 2023
Graduate Student Lending in Desperate Need of Reform
…through the Biden administration’s recent expansion of student loan repayment programs. While lawmakers and the media are focused on student debt, broadly, I would encourage a heightened focus on the issue of…