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February 9, 2024

The Upside of the College Enrollment Downswing

…of them. But one thing most people agree is that this is a big problem, for higher education and for our nation. Fortunately, most people are wrong on this one….

September 18, 2023

A Degree of Risk

…what they have borrowed, if anything at all. As my colleague at the American Enterprise Institute, Nat Malkus, has argued, Biden’s IDR reforms would ostensibly transform a loan repayment program into…

September 18, 2023

Biden’s Latest Student-Loan Plan Is Another Disaster

Late last month, President Biden and his Department of Education announced the launch of the “SAVE” Plan, a reform that expands existing income-driven repayment (IDR) programs to the tune of up to $550 billion. Now,…

August 30, 2022

Biden’s Student Loan Debt Plan is Driven by Politics, Not Economics

…will need in the coming election cycles to maintain any power in national politics. The fairness and the naked political ambition behind the plan are reason enough to object to…