The Tax Cuts & Jobs Act of 2017 will benefit colleges that disproportionately serve less-wealthy students.
Higher Education
Student debt now exceeds $1.5 trillion. We must overhaul a system that, for too long, has incentivized colleges and universities to charge unaffordable prices for degrees that do not always improve the lives of their recipients. Measures of return on investment (ROI) can help ensure that that institutions are accountable for the economic outcomes of the students they plunge into indebtedness.
All Higher Education
The PROSPER Act takes important steps to make a college degree more affordable to those who most need it.
Congress should consider requiring colleges to publish data on salary and employment by major.