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May 22, 2025

Course Correction: Rebuilding The Federal Student Loan System After Biden’s Mismanagement

Key Points The Biden administration repeatedly refused to transition student borrowers back into repayment after the COVID-19 payment pause and unsuccessfully tried to cancel student debt en masse several times….

March 13, 2025

Trends in Net College Tuition and Financial Aid, 1990–2020

Key Points  While the sticker price of college rose $13,717 in real terms between 1989–90 and 2019–20, the net tuition students pay after financial aid rose just $4,526. However, the…

January 29, 2025

How State Governments Can Fight Degree Inflation

Key Points State governments contribute to degree inflation—the addition of college degree requirements to jobs that did not previously have them—through their own hiring practices, and through occupational licensing laws….

December 2, 2024

Reforming State Authorization of Colleges to Boost Competition and Lower Tuition

Key Points The higher education market is stagnant. The vast majority of students attend colleges that are more than 50 years old, and rising demand for college has not seen…

October 2, 2024

Higher Education: Making Education Beyond High School Work for All

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…