December 9, 2025
A Bipartisan Step Toward Smarter College Accountability
Rarely do Washington policymakers find common ground on higher-education reform. Conservatives often call for discipline…
November 23, 2025
Our Wishlist for Higher Ed Reform
Now that Congress has resolved the government shutdown, attention is turning to what comes next….
September 23, 2025
America’s Distorted Market for Higher Education
In the United States, K-12 education is mostly run as a government service. By contrast,…
September 23, 2025
America’s Distorted Market for Higher Education
In the United States, K-12 education is mostly run as a government service. By contrast,…
August 21, 2025
The Big Beautiful Fix for Graduate School Borrowing
When policymakers and the public talk about student debt, they usually picture undergraduates: young people…
May 7, 2025
Republicans Unveil Plan to Rein in Student Debt and Waste in Higher Education
In a significant development for higher education policy, House Republicans have unveiled a sweeping proposal to reform…
April 24, 2025
It’s About Time: Bring Back Those Student Loan Collections
This week, the Department of Education announced that on May 5 it will begin collecting on defaulted…
March 14, 2025
A Historic Opportunity for Higher Education Reform
Once a sleepy policy area on the national scale, higher education is now a central…
May 9, 2024
The Federal Student Loan Program Is Unraveling
The Biden administration recently announced its most ambitious attempt yet at student debt forgiveness. Taken together with the series of…
February 9, 2024
The Upside of the College Enrollment Downswing
Enrollment in education after high school peaked in 2010, with 21 million students enrolling in two-or four-year…
January 15, 2024
The Economy Is Good. Why Do Consumers Feel So Bad?
As we approach another federal election cycle, there will be a lot of talk about…
September 18, 2023
A Degree of Risk
Higher education policy has gone from a niche issue studied by wonks and practitioners to…