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October 17, 2023
Measuring Value in Higher Education
…institutions and degree programs according to their graduates’ likely economic outcomes. During the event, participants will hear from economists, policy experts, and practitioners who will provide insight into the math…
October 16, 2023
Serve Students, Not Institutions
…These claims have the ring of a reparations scheme. Public HBCUs designated as land-grant universities are supposed to receive funds from their state governments matching what the federal government gives…
October 12, 2023
I Spoke to Arne Duncan About School Reform. Here Are 5 Takeaways
…Erica Green (you can see the video here). Across town, at exactly the same time, Rep. Matt Gaetz and his gang of very online arsonists were toppling the House Speaker out…
October 2, 2023
Shopping for Colleges Just Got a Little Easier for Some Students
…standard language and format for financial aid award letters. And while “more government intervention” seldom seems to be the answer in higher education policy these days, in this case it’s…
September 27, 2023
A Conversation with Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) on the Lowering Education Costs and Debt Act
…Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and AEI’s Nat Malkus on how the Lowering Education Costs and Debt Act seeks to address higher education…
September 19, 2023
It’s OK to Like Both Public Schools and School Choice
…of sex education. Students choose groups and activities, which electives to take, and which books to read for book reports. Teachers choose where to apply for a job, which materials…
September 18, 2023
West Virginia Budget Cuts Are a Taste of Higher Ed’s Future
…have to cut programs and faculty as demand dries up. The pandemic made matters worse. Many students decided that Zoom classes were a waste of time and money. A tight…
September 18, 2023
Students’ Lack of Basic Knowledge of US History and Civics Remains a National Embarrassment
…near matching. Only 13 percent, in one survey, knew when the US Constitution was ratified, for example. Most couldn’t say which countries the US fought in World War II; only one…
September 18, 2023
A Degree of Risk
…what they have borrowed, if anything at all. As my colleague at the American Enterprise Institute, Nat Malkus, has argued, Biden’s IDR reforms would ostensibly transform a loan repayment program into…
August 29, 2023
How to Reengage Parents in Their Children’s Schooling
…student performance with them, and feel more attached to the school community. (This matters most for parents who may otherwise feel marginalized or disconnected.) Parents and teachers collectively set academic…