While prospective students often ask themselves if college is worth it, this report shows the more important question is when college is worth it.
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
Among students with a “C” average or worse, two-thirds of those who start college do not finish
A comprehensive guide to the Biden administration’s various student loan cancellation initiatives
The Biden administration’s latest loan cancellation plan involves a black box open to abuse
The Education Department’s adventure into partisan policymaking may come at the cost of timely financial aid decisions for millions of college students
Community college enrollment has dropped 13 percent since the Covid-19 pandemic. But schools with a vocational focus have rebounded
The College Cost Reduction Act would hold colleges and universities financially responsible for unpaid federal student loans while delivering direct aid to institutions with low prices and strong student outcomes.
Nearly one million borrowers have been in default on their loans for more than 20 years, and most are unlikely to repay