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April 3, 2024
Feds Should Take a Big Step Back on Student Loans
…to the game in reaching this conclusion. After all, the economic integrity of the student loan program has been under attack for over a decade, especially as lawmakers used income…
April 1, 2024
How Private Student Lending Can Repair Higher Education
…with unsecured lending and a hostile regulatory environment. Federal student loans to graduate students and parents are the best candidates for privatization. Policymakers could use a portion of the savings…
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 30, 2024
Democrats in the House Have a New (Old) Plan for Higher Education
Lately, it’s been Republican lawmakers who have been at the table and offering up comprehensive reform for higher education policy, but this week House Democrats got back in the game. Today, they…
January 11, 2024
Biden’s Dismantling of Federal Student Loan Programs Has Inspired Republicans to Go Big
House Republicans released a new legislative package today aimed at bringing down the cost of college, holding universities accountable for the value of their diplomas, and reforming our broken federal…
December 8, 2023
A Framework for Reforming Federal Graduate Student Aid Policy
…for institutions, accreditors, researchers, and policymakers to drive understanding about program outcomes and inform policies related to graduate programs. Policy must, at a minimum, ensure data are reported on a…
December 8, 2023
Graduate Student Lending in Desperate Need of Reform
…through the Biden administration’s recent expansion of student loan repayment programs. While lawmakers and the media are focused on student debt, broadly, I would encourage a heightened focus on the issue of…