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June 20, 2025
Senate Embraces “Do No Harm” for Higher Education
The Hippocratic Oath is coming for higher education. Last week, Senate Republicans released a package of higher education reforms that includes a “do no harm” standard for colleges: Degree programs would be…
June 5, 2025
More Evidence of How Housing Regulation Is Bad for Housing
…regulations have impeded homebuilding for decades, making housing in many such cities unnecessarily expensive and disrupting the historical economic process where people raise their living standards by moving to where…
May 28, 2025
An Evaluation of Approaches to Cut and Reform SNAP
…give us the highlights of what you found? Sure. So, first, and probably the clearest and easiest thing they could do, though not necessarily from a political standpoint, would be…
May 13, 2025
Common-Sense SNAP Reforms Included in House Agriculture Reconciliation Proposal
…reduce redundant programming. A few key areas left unaddressed in the reconciliation bill text involve establishing nutrition standards in SNAP, addressing benefit cliffs, and eliminating the use of broad-based categorical eligibility by states to expand…
May 12, 2025
To Improve Student Outcomes, Focus On Classroom Practice, Not Policy
…instruction. This wasn’t teacher failure—it was a systemic failure to train educators in what works. To be clear, teaching and learning cannot be divorced from education policymaking. Structural reforms—standardized testing,…
May 7, 2025
Colleges Must Help Return Student Borrowers to Repayment
…Department’s student aid dashboard to educate themselves about repayment options and ensure their loans are in good standing. Schools are encouraged to “focus their initial outreach on students who are delinquent on…
May 7, 2025
Workforce Participation for Older Americans: Warning Lights Flashing
…trending down. The faltering trends for older workers stand in contrast to those for the rest of the US labor force. LFPRs for US youth (the 15–24s) are higher today…
April 28, 2025
House Republicans’ Proposed Repayment Plan Fixes Vexing Student Loan Problem
…nearly a dozen different loan repayment plans and create just two: a standard repayment plan and an entirely new income-driven repayment (IDR) plan. In addition to simplification, the proposal aims…
April 24, 2025
In Opposing Last Month’s Continuing Resolution, Nearly All Democrats Voted to Shut Down Welfare Checks, Too
…tax bills, added to unrelated legislation, or passed as stand-alone legislation.” Since it was created in 1996, TANF has been extended on a long-term basis only once, in legislation covering fiscal years…
April 17, 2025
Turn Public Service Loan Forgiveness into a State Block Grant
…more often about protecting professionals in the field from competition than truly improving standards. While proponents argue that PSLF encourages graduates to choose careers in public service, the incentives are more complex….