The first six months of Trump’s second term has improved incentives for students and colleges
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 current economics of higher education are often a mixed bag for American students
While capping overhead funding might move toward efficiency, the effects would likely benefit elite schools that can withstand funding cuts
Overpaying America's richest universities is a waste of taxpayer dollars and diverts money from actual science
Colleges serving mostly low-income students tend to offer a worse return on investment than schools serving mostly well-off students
FREOPP’s ROI analysis shows that attending college part-time comes with significant hidden costs
The Biden administration’s latest loan-cancellation plan rests on a dubious legal foundation
Among students with a “C” average or worse, two-thirds of those who start college do not finish