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How The Trump Administration Can Address The Student Loan Nonpayment Crisis
After the federal government suspended student loan repayment for four and a half years, payments are finally due again—yet less than half of borrowers are repaying their debts on time. These high…
Blog Post
Could A Higher Endowment Tax Pressure Elite Schools To Expand?
Congressional Republicans are considering a significant hike in the excise tax on the endowments of rich universities as part of a broader tax reform effort. Most private universities with more than $500,000…
Op-Ed
Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani’s Dangerous Radicalism on Child Welfare
…numerous ways they can refuse to cooperate with child-welfare investigators at the first point of contact, whatever the nature of the alleged abuse. Thankfully, these legislative efforts failed (for now)….
Op-Ed
The Surprising Benefits of “Cooperative” AI
…Rather than further isolating and atomizing people, AI might turn out to magnify the human “superpowers” of collaboration and cooperation, leading to positive effects for work and society more broadly….
Blog Post
Less Than Half of Student Borrowers Are Paying Their Loans
Student loan payments have been due for six months now—yet no one seems to have told the students. The federal government effectively suspended payments on student loans for four and…
Op-Ed
The Student Loan Payment Pause Was a Catastrophic Mistake
In March 2020, as America shut down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress passed a law suspending federal student loan payments for six months. The payment pause ended up lasting, in…
Op-Ed
Increasing Financial Aid Isn’t the Solution to High College Costs
Harvard University recently announced it would make tuition free for students from families earning below $200,000—but for middle-class students not lucky enough to receive a Harvard acceptance letter, college tuition is still…
Blog Post
Two Charts Show Why a Trade War Over Fentanyl Doesn’t Make Sense
…also the risk that Mexico, if antagonized, could pull back its existing cooperative efforts with the United States to combat the scourge of drugs and criminal activity that ultimately affects…
Blog Post
The Return To Student Loan Repayment, In Four Charts
In March 2020, the federal government enacted a “temporary” pause on student loan repayment, which the Trump and Biden administrations extended a grand total of eight times. But as of…
Report
Trends in Net College Tuition and Financial Aid, 1990–2020
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Op-Ed
Alexis de Tocqueville and the Art of Association
…block groups and gig workers’ cooperatives, etc. These self-organizing associations help people live alongside, look out for and learn from each other. As in Tocqueville’s America, so too in ours….
Testimony
High Costs, Uneven Value: Repairing The Federal Role in Postsecondary Education
The higher education system suffers from many problems, including excessive costs, low completion rates, uneven financial value for students, and high rates of student loan nonpayment. Federal government policies unintentionally…