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July 16, 2025

An Analysis of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s Effect on Student Loans

Key Points  Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB), which makes numerous changes to the federal student loan program, saving $307 billion. Graduate students and parents of undergraduates…

July 2, 2025

Congress Could Rein In Graduate Student Loans

Congress is on the verge of eliminating Grad PLUS—the program which extends effectively unlimited taxpayer-funded loans to graduate students—and imposing caps on graduate loans for the first time since 2006….

June 20, 2025

Senate Embraces “Do No Harm” for Higher Education

The Hippocratic Oath is coming for higher education. Last week, Senate Republicans released a package of higher education reforms that includes a “do no harm” standard for colleges: Degree programs would be…

June 12, 2025

The Senate’s Higher Education Reforms Are Strong (But Could Be Stronger)

Senate Republicans recently unveiled their suite of higher education reform proposals, part of a broader tax-and-spending bill making its way through Congress. The package is strong: it would impose commonsense limits on…

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….

May 7, 2025

Colleges Must Help Return Student Borrowers to Repayment

The four-year pause on student loan payments has left behind an alarming fallout: Millions of student borrowers, having disengaged from the student loan system, are not making payments on their debts….

May 5, 2025

What’s in House Republicans’ Student Loan Overhaul

House Republicans have introduced a comprehensive student loan overhaul as part of the broader budget reconciliation process. Known as the “Student Success and Taxpayer Savings Plan,” the package of reforms aims to save hundreds…

April 30, 2025

The Student Loan Bubble Is about to Pop

At the outset of the covid-19 pandemic, federal student-loan borrowers won what appeared to be a reprieve. That five-year pause on payments and interest accumulation is now shaping up to…

April 28, 2025

House Republicans’ Proposed Repayment Plan Fixes Vexing Student Loan Problem

Congressional Republicans are undertaking a massive budget reconciliation effort involving significant reforms to the federal student loan system. House Republicans introduced their proposal on Monday, which would sweep away the maze of…

April 25, 2025

What’s holding women back from starting a family?

Media influencer Brett Cooper did something last year that most people her age won’t: she got married. “It’s the most grounding experience I’ve ever had,” she told a crowd gathered…