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January 26, 2026
Trump Has a Solution for Student Loans. Forgiveness Isn’t It.
President Donald Trump entered office intent on reversing most of the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness agenda, and his administration has generally lived up to that goal. In December, the Education Department settled a lawsuit against the Saving on a Valuable Education program, commonly known as the Save plan, President Joe Biden’s loan repayment scheme…
November 23, 2025
Our Wishlist for Higher Ed Reform
Now that Congress has resolved the government shutdown, attention is turning to what comes next. For Republicans, that likely means early planning for a second round of reconciliation—call it Reconciliation 2.0. We should first acknowledge how much lawmakers accomplished in the first reconciliation effort. The “One Big Beautiful Bill” introduced long-overdue accountability in higher education,…
October 8, 2025
Students Are ‘Learning with Their Feet’ — by Shunning Bad Colleges
Fewer students are going to college, leading many to worry that young Americans are abandoning higher education and risking their future. But while college enrollment has plunged by more than 3 million since 2010, those “missing students” aren’t necessarily losing out. That’s because most of the drop in college enrollment has occurred at institutions with…
September 3, 2025
How Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” Can Fix the Student Loan Crisis
When Congress passed President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” in July, one of its most profound changes flew under the radar. The new law includes a set of reforms to fix one of the worst-run federal government programs: the federal student loan system. Under the law, federal student loans will be less burdensome and easier to…
June 20, 2025
What Kids Need—and Adults Need to Know—to Combat the Youth Mental Health Crisis
Starting this fall students in New York will join those in other states like California in not being able to access cellphones during the day. These bans are the culmination of years of education and activism by parents, teachers and researchers concerned about the effect of technology not only on academic performance but also on…
May 15, 2025
The Pandemic Is Over. It’s Time for Schools to Get the Message.
More than five years after the covid-19 pandemic began, the havoc it wreaked on American students and schools is alarmingly clear by nearly every measure. But there is one glaring exception: high school graduation rates. Even as test scores cratered, public school enrollments plummeted, and chronic absenteeism — the percentage of students missing at least one-tenth of the school…
May 7, 2025
Republicans Unveil Plan to Rein in Student Debt and Waste in Higher Education
In a significant development for higher education policy, House Republicans have unveiled a sweeping proposal to reform student loans and financial aid through the federal budget reconciliation process. This effort, which complements President Trump’s recent executive order on accreditation reform, signals a renewed push to rethink how the federal government supports students and holds institutions accountable for…
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 of billions of dollars through new student loan limits, changes to the repayment system, and policies to hold colleges accountable for their outcomes. If enacted,…
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 be a curse in disguise. Last week, the Trump administration drew criticism for announcing that the Education Department would resume involuntary collections next month. But the squeeze…
April 25, 2025
Trump Administration Announces Plan to Get Borrowers Paying Student Loans Again
The U.S. Department of Education announced on Monday that it would resume involuntary collections of defaulted federal student loans on May 5. The announcement means that borrowers who have loans in default could see their tax refunds seized or wages garnished. While many borrowers and advocacy organizations will oppose the move, resuming collections is necessary to incentivize loan repayment….