States can change their hiring practices and dismantle unnecessary degree requirements in occupational licensing rules
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
Outcomes-based funding has the potential to drive higher education reform, but its success depends on selecting the best performance measures and ensuring consistent funding over time.
Removing barriers to entry can re-energize higher education markets
Recommendations for the next administration and the 119th Congress
Higher education is supposed to be a path to the middle class. But new research from FREOPP shows that millions of college students are pursuing degrees that are not likely to boost their earnings enough to justify the cost of college.
The project incorporates data from a wide range of sources to help prospective students make better choices around higher education — including whether to go, where to go, and what to study.
While prospective students often ask themselves if college is worth it, this report shows the more important question is when college is worth it.
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.