Higher Education Do low-income students benefit from college? What the data say Colleges serving mostly low-income students tend to offer a worse return on investment than schools serving mostly well-off students.
Higher Education Why attending college full-time is usually a better financial decision FREOPP's ROI analysis shows that attending college part-time comes with significant hidden costs.
Higher Education New student debt relief rule goes further than you think The Biden administration's latest loan-cancellation plan rests on a dubious legal foundation
Higher Education Nothing predicts college completion like high school GPA Among students with a "C" average or worse, two-thirds of those who start college do not finish.
Higher Education The student debt cancellation cheat sheet A comprehensive guide to the Biden administration's various student loan cancellation initiatives.
Higher Education Student loan cancellation enters its crystal ball era The Biden administration's latest loan cancellation plan involves a black box open to abuse.
Higher Education A glitchy government form throws college admissions into chaos The Education Department's adventure into partisan policymaking may come at the cost of timely financial aid decisions for millions of college students.
Higher Education Vocational schools show a way forward for higher ed Community college enrollment has dropped 13 percent since the Covid-19 pandemic. But schools with a vocational focus have rebounded.
Higher Education Should the government write off uncollectible student loans? Nearly one million borrowers have been in default on their loans for more than 20 years, and most are unlikely to repay.
Higher Education "Plan B" student loan cancellation is alive and well The Department of Education floats a "narrow" loan-cancellation plan for which 71 percent of former college students could qualify.
Higher Education American universities have a spending problem New data reveals that underlying costs at U.S. colleges are higher than almost every other country.
Higher Education To serve students better, sometimes colleges must shrink West Virginia University eliminated 28 academic programs with waning student interest that cost the school millions.
Higher Education Courts turn against student loan cancellation by executive action The Fifth Circuit enjoined a Biden regulation that would have cancelled billions in student loans.
Higher Education "Gainful Employment" should apply to all higher education programs The Department of Education shields degree programs at public and private nonprofit institutions, which account for the vast majority of student enrollment, from accountability.
Higher Education The misguided student loan payment pause will (finally) end The pause mostly benefitted wealthy borrowers and failed to reduce indebtedness.
Higher Education Unlimited graduate student loans mostly benefit wealthy universities USC and NYU each receive more federal Grad PLUS loans than all HBCUs put together.
Higher Education How student loan repayment changes may undermine college accountability Low-quality colleges deterred from participating in the federal student loan program may decide to jump back in.
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.
