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September 17, 2024

Back to School: Shedding Light on Risks and Harm in the Private Student Lending and Servicing Market

At present there are more than 1.74 trillion dollars in student loans outstanding in the US economy. This is a massive amount of money that represents serious liabilities for millions…

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…

April 9, 2024

Biden Knows Student Loan Cancellation Is a Bad Idea

This morning, President Biden announced new details about the latest effort to cancel student debt that he says will reduce balances or completely cancel student debt for over 30 million Americans. First,…

March 28, 2024

Federal Student Lending is Beyond Repair

…to erode the economic integrity of the entire federal student loan program. For decades, much of the public and many lawmakers have had gripes with federal student lending and have…

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 the state of the economy. Are Americans better off, economically speaking, than they were when…