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June 18, 2024
A Unified Theory of Education
…can too readily unravel the informal ties among people that develop organically through private cooperation and community endeavors. None of this presumes malice or malfeasance; it’s just that government programs…
May 29, 2024
Holding out Hope for a Left-Right Consensus on Federal Student Lending
…Earlier this month, the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity’s (FREOPP) Preston Cooper and Beth hosted a webinar to discuss a recent report the three of us co-authored on the potential for expanding the…
April 3, 2024
Feds Should Take a Big Step Back on Student Loans
…colleges to precipitously raise costs. These are just some of the reasons why I argue, in a new paper out this week with Preston Cooper and Joe Pitts that we need to…
February 9, 2024
The Upside of the College Enrollment Downswing
…than when they started. Research conducted by Preston Cooper, an economist and friend, shows that a large number of programs of study are not “paying off” for graduates. Surveying nearly 30,000 bachelor…
December 8, 2023
Biden’s Even Worse Version of “Free College”
…taxpayer loan) or dropping out of college. As economist Preston Cooper has noted, “Given that 38 percent of students do not finish college and 54 percent of those that finish received Pell Grants,”…
October 20, 2023
Value Needs to be the Next Buzzword in Higher Education
…decision-making. For our first panel, I was joined by Sarah Turner, professor and economist at the University of Virginia; Preston Cooper, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Research on Equal…
October 17, 2023
Measuring Value in Higher Education
…and Introduction: Beth Akers, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute 11:30 a.m. Panel I: How Important and Feasible Are Value-Added Measures? Panelists: Preston Cooper, Senior Fellow, Foundation for Research on Equal…
September 27, 2023
A Conversation with Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) on the Lowering Education Costs and Debt Act
…Conversation: Bill Cassidy, US Senator (R-LA) Nat Malkus, Senior Fellow, AEI 3:45 p.m. Q&A 4:00 p.m. Panel Discussion: Preston Cooper, Senior Fellow, FREOPP Michelle Dimino, Deputy Director of Education, Third…