To reduce economic and health disparities, we must reopen schools, colleges, and child care facilities, and enable microschool ‘pods’ for those who would otherwise stay home.
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
Ending the use of tests in college admissions could exacerbate, rather than reduce, inequities.
America’s decentralized higher education system is a strength, not a weakness.
If Democrats surrender to lobbyists over surprise medical billing, they won’t be able to enact a public option or Medicare for All.
The Tax Cuts & Jobs Act of 2017 will benefit colleges that disproportionately serve less-wealthy students.
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.