How Our Higher-Education System Could Put Students First
American higher education is a stunning success, but mostly for the people who work in it. Faculty members and administrators enjoy employment that pays pretty well and is more secure…
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Don’t Smother Income Share Agreements in their Crib
In August, the Biden administration, utilizing the HEROES Act of 2003, canceled $10,000 of student-loan debt for most students and $20,000 for those who previously received federal Pell Grants. Not…
Connecting Degree Return-On-Investment with a Better Financing System
While some nerdy people like me thought that college was fun, and so stayed in it for life, for most people it is a chore to be completed with the…
Court Decision Erases a Huge Student Debt—Is that Good or Bad?
For years, a contentious and sometimes emotionally heated debate has raged over the issue of letting people discharge their student loan debts in bankruptcy. A recent decision opens the door…
Our Hopes for Higher Ed Reform in 2020
As priorities shift in the minds of higher education leaders and students, it’s important to take stock of recent changes on the local and national levels. At the Martin Center,…
New Research Shows Federal Student Aid Is Worse than We Thought
For years I have railed against the dysfunctional federal student loan program. The availability of cheap federal student loans has enabled universities to increase tuition fees aggressively, helping fund an…
Income Share Agreements Offer a Promising Alternative to Federal Loans
College is expensive. Even in today’s deeply divided political climate, all Americans seem to agree on that. But while most, if not all, Americans agree that student loan debt is…
Mitch Daniels Has the Right Stuff for Purdue
Higher education does not produce many flashy, innovating entrepreneurs like Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, Peter Thiel, or Elon Musk. The non-profit, highly subsidized, and low-incentive culture that universities operate in…
An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
Equity funding for college students is attracting attention, but can’t work as long as we have easy government loans.