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September 11, 2024
Doing Right by Kids: A Book Event
…school reform and properly assessing student outcomes, and AEI’s Beth Akers addressed the absence of accountability and some of the cultural issues surrounding higher education. The event concluded with a…
June 20, 2024
The War on Poverty at 60: Lessons to Inform the Future
…Society and welfare reform and what policymakers should do going forward. Isabel V. Sawhill of the Brookings Institution advocated increasing the minimum wage and expanding the earned income tax credit…
May 9, 2024
FAFSA Flop: What Is Going On with the 2024–25 Cycle?
…the Ball on FAFSA Beth Akers | AEIdeas | February 14, 2024 Biden Administration Continues to Fumble the New Financial Aid Application Beth Akers | AEIdeas | January 31, 2024…
May 1, 2024
Getting Higher Education Right
…p.m. Panel Discussion Panelists: Beth Akers, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute Wayne D. Lewis Jr., President, Houghton University Michael Q. McShane, Adjunct Fellow, American Enterprise Institute Andy Smarick, Senior Fellow,…
December 12, 2023
Underserved: A Conversation with Ja’Ron Smith and Chris Pilkerton
Event Summary On December 12, AEI’s Scott Winship and former Trump administration officials Ja’Ron Smith and Chris Pilkerton discussed how policymakers can improve the lives of people in underserved communities…
October 17, 2023
Measuring Value in Higher Education
…Akers, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute 12:15 p.m. Q&A 12:30 p.m. Conversation and Lunch Panelists: Beth Akers, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute Scott Pulsipher, President, Western Governors University 1:30 p.m….
September 27, 2023
A Conversation with Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) on the Lowering Education Costs and Debt Act
As the Biden administration continues to push massive and controversial overhauls of America’s federal student loan system, Republican lawmakers have put forward a broader vision for higher education reform. The…
February 28, 2023
Workforce Futures Initiative: How Well Does the American Workforce System Work?
…the latest research and evidence on various aspects of the workforce development system to help inform the work of policymakers at the federal, state, and local levels. Since August 2021,…
November 17, 2022
American Renewal: Launching a New Conservative Policy Book with Paul Ryan and Angela Rachidi
…issues are not intractable or unsolvable. The reforms contained in American Renewal, drawing on insights from subject matter experts, offer policymakers concrete proposals to restore the government’s promise to Americans…