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June 12, 2025
The Senate’s Higher Education Reforms Are Strong (But Could Be Stronger)
…outcomes. The Senate will need to approve the full package, and lawmakers must reconcile its differences with another higher education reform plan recently passed the House. There are more steps before these…
May 5, 2025
What’s in House Republicans’ Student Loan Overhaul
…where lawmakers have proposed their own set of student loan reforms that differ on some points. However, the policies in the House package stand a better chance of becoming law than any…
April 17, 2025
Turn Public Service Loan Forgiveness into a State Block Grant
As Congress negotiates a bill to overhaul the federal budget, lawmakers looking to save money should note $30 billion in potential savings hiding in plain sight. The Public Service Loan…
March 21, 2025
Increasing Financial Aid Isn’t the Solution to High College Costs
…federal Pell Grant, which advocates claim has lost its “purchasing power” over time. This narrative is misleading. In fact, policymakers have made financial aid programs such as Pell Grants far…
March 18, 2025
Rebuilding Higher Education Finance: Reform Through Reconciliation
…Council Moderator: Beth Akers, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute 4:45 p.m. Q&A 5:00 p.m. Adjournment Related Content A Conservative Vision for Higher Education Reform Beth Akers | American Enterprise Institute…
January 6, 2025
Congress Can Block Student Loan Cancellation—Forever
…extend the 2017 tax cuts, increase funding for immigration enforcement, and pursue other priorities. Lawmakers will need to find budget offsets to pay for all this. Most of the savings…
December 11, 2024
Some College Graduates Are Taking Lower-Paying Jobs
…Employers will also need to address bias in hiring practices against people without college degrees. Policymakers must focus on creating more non-college pathways for these individuals to develop and prove…
November 25, 2024
Don’t Write Off Workforce Pell Grants
…by an average of $4,000. High-quality programs such as FastForward shouldn’t lose out on federal funding simply because other workforce education courses demonstrate worse outcomes. Policymakers should adopt a posture…
November 20, 2024
End Federal Loans for Graduate School
…willing to step in and help these students pay for their educations. Indeed, a thriving private market for graduate student loans existed before Congress removed limits on federal lending. But if policymakers…
November 13, 2024
How Trump Might Fulfill His Higher-Education Campaign Promises
…to pay for specific education initiatives. In particular, Trump could urge lawmakers to use the endowment tax revenue to expand financial assistance for students who are not pursuing four-year college…