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October 26, 2023
New Report Sheds Light on Expansive Biden Student Loan Forgiveness Scheme
…many students to take on student debt, policymakers must ensure the program is administered in an efficient and fair manner.” Expanded eligibility for aid must be accompanied by new constraints…
October 20, 2023
Value Needs to be the Next Buzzword in Higher Education
For a long time, advocates and policymakers in the higher education space were fixated on improving “access” to higher education. As a society, we recognized that higher education was a…
October 17, 2023
Measuring Value in Higher Education
…Akers, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute 12:15 p.m. Q&A 12:30 p.m. Conversation and Lunch Panelists: Beth Akers, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute Scott Pulsipher, President, Western Governors University 1:30 p.m….
October 2, 2023
Shopping for Colleges Just Got a Little Easier for Some Students
Shopping for college can be a nightmare. As the market for consumer products has gotten easier, more transparent, and faster than ever before (read: Amazon), the market for college degrees…
September 18, 2023
A Degree of Risk
…He ultimately limited his platform to include up to $10,000 in student loan cancellation (compared to $50,000 by Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren) and free community college (which sounds dramatic but…
September 18, 2023
Biden’s Latest Student-Loan Plan Is Another Disaster
Late last month, President Biden and his Department of Education announced the launch of the “SAVE” Plan, a reform that expands existing income-driven repayment (IDR) programs to the tune of up to $550 billion. Now,…
July 31, 2023
Biden’s Under-the-Radar Budget Bomb: A New Student Loan Repayment Plan
The Biden administration hasn’t been shy about spending money, and spending on higher education policy has been no exception. The most obvious channel for (attempted) spending was the illegal plan…
July 13, 2023
Republicans Step Up to Lead on Higher Education Reform
…given a hand up by such programs. Meanwhile, Republicans are leaning into realistic solutions that will reduce students’ debt burden and hold poorly-performing universities accountable. While forward-looking Republican lawmakers like…
August 30, 2022
Biden’s Student Loan Debt Plan is Driven by Politics, Not Economics
…be facing higher prices and less conservative borrowing as a result of last week’s cancellation announcement. I’ve spent the past decade working to help policy makers and the public better…
August 3, 2020
Replace the Federal Student Loan System with an Income Share Agreement Program
…help. However, debt forgiveness plans, such as those proposed by Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), deliver the biggest benefits to those who need it least. A better…