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June 12, 2025

The Senate’s Higher Education Reforms Are Strong (But Could Be Stronger)

Senate Republicans recently unveiled their suite of higher education reform proposals, part of a broader tax-and-spending bill…

May 7, 2025

Republicans Unveil Plan to Rein in Student Debt and Waste in Higher Education

In a significant development for higher education policy, House Republicans have unveiled a sweeping proposal to reform…

March 14, 2025

A Historic Opportunity for Higher Education Reform 

Once a sleepy policy area on the national scale, higher education is now a central…

February 24, 2025

A Conservative Vision for Higher Education Reform

Key Points Introduction The year 2019 marked a dramatic turning point in the national discourse…

February 6, 2025

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…

December 3, 2024

How States Can Shake Up the Stagnant Higher Education Market

Artificial barriers to entry have been a feature of markets for millennia, from medieval guilds…

November 13, 2024

How Trump Might Fulfill His Higher-Education Campaign Promises

Donald Trump has won a decisive election victory and will take office next year as…

October 3, 2024

Six Ideas to Fix Higher Education in 2025

America will have a new president and a new Congress in 2025, and with that…

April 1, 2024

How Private Student Lending Can Repair Higher Education

Key Points Read the PDF.

January 30, 2024

Democrats in the House Have a New (Old) Plan for Higher Education

Lately, it’s been Republican lawmakers who have been at the table and offering up comprehensive reform for…

October 20, 2023

Value Needs to be the Next Buzzword in Higher Education

For a long time, advocates and policymakers in the higher education space were fixated on…

September 26, 2023

Former Foster Kids Need More Than Higher Education

When I tell people that I write about child welfare and the foster care system, the question…