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January 10, 2024
By the Numbers: Here’s How the New Federal Financial Aid Formula Harms Families with More Than One Child
…family with $100,000 in income. (Family size doesn’t matter in this formula when calculating available assets, which is a minor way the rules discriminate against large families.) Parents’ expected contribution to their…
December 8, 2023
Biden’s Even Worse Version of “Free College”
…will change behavior. That’s why cost estimates for changes to repayment programs have consistently underestimated the cost to taxpayers. As my AEI colleague Nat Malkus has calculated, Congress expected IDR (and…
November 20, 2023
The Next Time States Are “Swimming in Money” Make Them Repay Their Federal Loans
The pandemic was full of firsts, including the first time states received hundreds of billions of federal dollars they could use to shore up their depleted state unemployment insurance (UI) programs. The…
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…