West Virginia University eliminated 28 academic programs with waning student interest that cost the school millions
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
At-risk children would benefit academically if given the opportunity to pay tutors to recover learning losses
The Fifth Circuit enjoined a Biden regulation that would have cancelled billions in student loans
On this week’s show Paul talks to Preston Cooper about his new research on the Return on Investment (ROI) of a college education and the new report he has written which ranks US states by the ROI of their higher education systems.
Preston Cooper on his plan to change federal college aid.
Many jobs which were open to high school graduates a generation ago now require a college degree.
The Gainful Employment (GE) rule is an important step towards stronger accountability for higher education, but it has some critical drawbacks
The three-year student loan payment moratorium will finally end in August, thanks to a last-minute bipartisan deal to increase the federal debt ceiling. The pause, which Congress authorized for six months at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, was unilaterally extended several times by the Trump and Biden administrations. Despite the Biden administration’s assurances that...