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  • A Vanishing Opportunity to Fix Higher Ed Spending
    April 23, 2026

    A Vanishing Opportunity to Fix Higher Ed Spending

    A shrinking reconciliation window puts overdue reforms to loans, aid, and tax credits on the clock.
  • What to Make of the Wave of College Closures
    March 24, 2026

    What to Make of the Wave of College Closures

    Closures are rising as demographic decline and financial pressures take hold.
  • Five Takeaways from Student Loan Cost Estimates
    March 2, 2026

    Five Takeaways from Student Loan Cost Estimates

    Federal student lending has swung with politics. Reforms helped, but taxpayers are still losing money on every dollar lent.
  • FIRE Is Wrong About Public Syllabi
    January 21, 2026

    FIRE Is Wrong About Public Syllabi

    State mandates requiring public universities to post syllabi publicly offer much to gain and little to lose.
  • The SAVE Student Loan Repayment Plan May Finally Be on Its Deathbed
    December 10, 2025

    The SAVE Student Loan Repayment Plan May Finally Be on Its Deathbed

  • Federal Aid Just Hit $155 Billion
    December 8, 2025

    Federal Aid Just Hit $155 Billion

  • AI Will Make Knowledge Cheap. Higher Ed Will Survive Anyway.
    December 1, 2025

    AI Will Make Knowledge Cheap. Higher Ed Will Survive Anyway.

  • Trump Administration Says It Wants to Fight Racial Discrimination in College Admissions—Then Things Got Weird
    October 1, 2025

    Trump Administration Says It Wants to Fight Racial Discrimination in College Admissions—Then Things Got Weird

  • Short Take: The 2025 AAUP Ignores the 1915 AAUP’s Warning
    August 13, 2025

    Short Take: The 2025 AAUP Ignores the 1915 AAUP’s Warning

  • The Left Can’t Land a Punch on the Big Beautiful Bill’s Higher Ed Reforms
    July 21, 2025

    The Left Can’t Land a Punch on the Big Beautiful Bill’s Higher Ed Reforms

  • The Big Beautiful Bill Gives Some of Higher Ed’s Ugliest Problems a Makeover
    July 8, 2025

    The Big Beautiful Bill Gives Some of Higher Ed’s Ugliest Problems a Makeover

  • The Accreditation Cartel Faces a New Competitor
    July 8, 2025

    The Accreditation Cartel Faces a New Competitor

  • AI’s Bias: Glitch, Agenda, or Both? Why Students Can’t Trust It Blindly
    July 1, 2025

    AI’s Bias: Glitch, Agenda, or Both? Why Students Can’t Trust It Blindly

  • Reconciling the House and Senate Higher Ed Plans
    June 25, 2025

    Reconciling the House and Senate Higher Ed Plans

  • The Senate Can Strengthen Student Loan Accountability—Here’s How
    May 28, 2025

    The Senate Can Strengthen Student Loan Accountability—Here’s How

  • Median Cost of Attendance is a Great Idea
    May 9, 2025

    Median Cost of Attendance is a Great Idea

  • Nine Recommendations for Trustees to Lower University Spending and Reduce Personnel
    April 30, 2025

    Nine Recommendations for Trustees to Lower University Spending and Reduce Personnel

  • Libertarians Are the Rare Political Tribe That Is Undecided About the Trump Administration’s Strings on Federal Funding for Universities
    April 25, 2025

    Libertarians Are the Rare Political Tribe That Is Undecided About the Trump Administration’s Strings on Federal Funding for Universities

  • A Private Student Loan System Should Not Mirror the Federal Family Education Loan Program
    March 17, 2025

    A Private Student Loan System Should Not Mirror the Federal Family Education Loan Program

  • Accreditation Protects the Status Quo—It’s Time for Drastic Reform
    March 3, 2025

    Accreditation Protects the Status Quo—It’s Time for Drastic Reform

  • Drunken Parties and Exotic Trips—Indirect Costs Must Be Slashed
    February 17, 2025

    Drunken Parties and Exotic Trips—Indirect Costs Must Be Slashed

  • How Did AI Get So Biased in Favor of the Left?
    January 31, 2025

    How Did AI Get So Biased in Favor of the Left?

  • Republicans Stand on the Brink of a Historic Opportunity to End Government’s Role in Student Loans
    January 23, 2025

    Republicans Stand on the Brink of a Historic Opportunity to End Government’s Role in Student Loans

  • Higher Education Reforms Could Finance Half a Trillion Dollars in a Reconciliation Bill
    January 17, 2025

    Higher Education Reforms Could Finance Half a Trillion Dollars in a Reconciliation Bill

  • Don’t Let Colleges Keep Ducking Accountability on Student Loans
    December 5, 2024

    Don’t Let Colleges Keep Ducking Accountability on Student Loans

  • Highlights from the College Board’s Trends Papers
    November 27, 2024

    Highlights from the College Board’s Trends Papers

  • State Disinvestment in Higher Education is Still a Myth
    November 19, 2024

    State Disinvestment in Higher Education is Still a Myth

  • Borrower Defense to Repayment Should Be Abolished
    October 30, 2024

    Borrower Defense to Repayment Should Be Abolished

  • Penn Will ‘Eviscerate Academic Freedom as We Know It’
    October 21, 2024

    Penn Will ‘Eviscerate Academic Freedom as We Know It’

  • Details on the FAFSA Fiasco are Starting to Dribble Out
    September 26, 2024

    Details on the FAFSA Fiasco are Starting to Dribble Out

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