Higher Education A ‘shame list’ for low-financial-value college degrees isn’t nearly enough Making the student loan repayment system more generous won't work without holding colleges accountable.
Student Loans New Biden income-driven repayment rule could cost $361 billion The proposed changes would slash student loan payments and subsidize low-return programs.
Higher Education State governments should hire based on skills, not degrees State governments are far more likely than the private sector to needlessly require college degrees for middle-class jobs.
Higher Education Court strikes down Biden loan forgiveness, but now the real work begins Congress must rein in the federal student loan program, which will lend $85 billion to students this year.
Higher Education After student loan cancellation, Congress should take another look at apprenticeships Noncollege forms of postsecondary education and training should operate on a level playing field with traditional universities.
Higher Education Why Republicans should embrace student loan reform Without changes to the federal student-loan program, future generations will face ever-increasing costs for degrees that don't pay off.
Student Loans Loan forgiveness is a bad way to support public servants A better way is to remove unnecessary degree requirements from public service jobs.
Higher Education Accreditors rarely enforce student outcomes standards at colleges Just three percent of accreditor actions have anything to do with student outcomes or academic quality.
Student Loans “Fresh start” for defaulted student borrowers should come with broader reforms The Biden administration should push for policies to prevent new defaults going forward.
Higher Education Maryland leads the fight against degree inflation in state government Governor Larry Hogan will strip unnecessary degree requirements from thousands of jobs in the state government.
Higher Education How bad housing policy makes college unaffordable Environmental activists prodded a California court to retract acceptance of thousands of UC-Berkeley students.
Higher Education Employers are finally dropping college degree requirements Flexible job postings give companies access to a more economically diverse pool of talent.
Higher Education Legacy admissions preferences should end, but not by federal mandate A federal mandate to end legacy admissions would be hard to enforce without intrusive micromanagement by Washington.
Student Loans Pausing student loan payments isn't the answer for economic disruptions The Biden administration wrongly extends the student loan payment moratorium another three months.
Higher Education The most valuable degrees at less selective colleges Iowa State University, which accepts 87% of applicants, boasts nine degrees with a return on investment of $900,000 or more.
Higher Education Selection bias and the true value of college Are differences in earning among college majors driven by cognitive ability rather than the job market?
Student Loans The Biden administration should finalize its plan to resume student loan payments The two-year moratorium on loan payments has cost taxpayers over $100 billion.
Higher Education We calculated return on investment for 30,000 bachelor’s degrees—find yours Browse our interactive table to find earnings and cost data for your college and major.
Student Loans America’s richest universities rely on taxpayer-backed graduate loans Ivy League schools get 76% of their federal student aid revenues from taxpayer-backed loans to graduate students.
Student Loans No, colleges aren’t using Covid relief funds to forgive student debt Colleges are clearing unpaid student account balances, which is cheaper—for them—than student loan forgiveness.
Higher Education ‘Free college’ won’t solve the real problems in higher education Students aren’t directly paying for rising higher ed costs. Taxpayers are, through the vast array of government-funded subsidies for postsecondary education.
Higher Education Supreme Court rules college sports are not above antitrust law Colleges and universities get a pass for behavior we would never tolerate elsewhere. A new Supreme Court decision on compensating student-athletes is a first step toward correcting that.
Higher Education Fixing higher education requires more than just spending money The United States already spends more than most other countries on college. The real problem in our higher education system is quality.
Student Loans Some questionable student loan math at the Department of Education Official accounting has vastly understated the scale of taxpayer losses on federal student loans.
Higher Education Biden's higher education plan misses the underlying problem The free community college push has its priorities backward. Quality, not price, is generally the problem at community colleges.
