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October 7, 2024
In 2009, then-President Obama made a bold proposal: “By 2020, this nation will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.” His administration then pursued a slew of policies…
October 3, 2024
America will have a new president and a new Congress in 2025, and with that change comes the opportunity to rethink federal policy towards higher education. The federal approach suffers…
October 2, 2024
Executive Summary and Introduction: The federal government treats higher education as a surefire investment, but this isn’t always true. Many colleges leave their students worse off financially, contributing to the…
September 16, 2024
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has published a new report on federal student loan repayment, and the picture isn’t pretty. Six years after first entering repayment on their loans, over half of…
September 11, 2024
High school seniors fretting over whether they’ll receive a college acceptance letter can sleep a little easier. College admissions rates, which had been declining for decades, are now on the upswing….