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Explore the debate and science of College Costs.

December 9, 2025

Will Capping Loans Curb the Crisis?

Kali Jerrard

The Department of Education tightens the noose on student loan programs, but will it be enough to curb the student loan crisis?

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December 8, 2025

College Finance: Congress Should Call a Spade a Spade and See Schools for the Bad Actors They Are

Teresa R. Manning

Colleges are quietly inflating prices and shifting costs between students, creating a system that rewards insiders, misleads families, and leaves Congress chasing symptoms instead of the cause.

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November 18, 2025

Punting Private Sports Funds?

Kali Jerrard

College athletics can be a drain on school resources, is private funding a solution, or a potential pitfall?

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May 7, 2025

House Education Committee and Commonsense Student Loan Reform: Nice Start, But More Change Needed

Teresa R. Manning

The House GOP's Student Success Plan tackles bloated college costs and debt with repayment reform, school accountability, and loan caps—but deeper change is still needed.

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December 3, 2024

Irrational Exuberance

Chance Layton

Higher ed is changing quickly. Let’s take advantage of the opportunity.

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February 14, 2024

A Comment on the College Cost Reduction Act

Teresa R. Manning

The College Cost Reduction Act is a decent starting point to address escalating costs in American higher education, but it is not a home run. 

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January 30, 2024

Tuition and Transparency

Kali Jerrard

How the House Republicans’ most recent higher education plan might be a step in the right direction.

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August 22, 2023

CounterCurrent: The Myth of State Disinvestment

Chance Layton

Overspending and financial mismanagement, not state disinvestment, has caused college tuition increases.

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September 15, 2021

The Student Debt Relief Band-Aid

Teresa R. Manning

Student debt forgiveness doesn't resolve the problem of skyrocketing tuition.

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March 30, 2020

Coronavirus and Tuition Refunds: What are Students Really Paying For?

David Welch

Students are demanding tuition refunds, but university administrators argue that students are still receiving their degree value. Which is it? 

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