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May 29, 2024
…for many programs of questionable value. In fact, in a recent report co-authored with Beth alongside left-of-center scholars at The Century Foundation and Education Counsel, we endorsed the notion that federal graduate…
May 2, 2024
…educators and scholars. So, when we say “conservative,” we have in mind a set of values and principles that undergird our approach to education. We couldn’t care less how you…
March 11, 2024
…many state scholarships essentially operate as vouchers for low-income students to attend the school, public or private, of their choice. Heavily subsidized federal student loans can also be used at…
March 6, 2024
…visiting scholar at the University of Virginia’s School of Education and Human Development, puts adaptability front and center in his recent book The Career Arts. In doing so, he helps to fight back against…
March 6, 2024
…their income over 225% of the federal poverty level and balances will be forgiven after as little as a decade. Under Biden’s new rules, Urban Institute scholars have calculated that not even…
March 5, 2024
…public discourse. We don’t imagine that the two of us, a couple of education scholars, can do more than make a small contribution on this count. There is, though, at…
February 22, 2024
…of Virginia. Afterward, Dr. Hess asked a panel, including Secretary Guidera and AEI scholars, to reflect on the history and meaning of education in the US, paying particular attention to…
December 8, 2023
…150 percent) and will have all loan balances forgiven after as little as 10 years. Urban Institute scholars Jason Delisle and Jason Cohn calculate that less than one-third of undergraduate borrowers in…
September 18, 2023
…students (54% at WVU) hail from out of state. In addition, nearly a quarter of the students at WVU are eligible for Pell Grants, and many more are “Promise Scholars”…
September 18, 2023
…scholarships — is already free.) When Biden took office, all were eagerly awaiting his move to cancel student debt. He didn’t move on that immediately, though. Biden announced his plan during…