Beth Akers

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Holding Colleges Accountable: From Graduation to Gainful Employment

1 week ago | aei.org | Jonathan Fansmith |With Beth Akers |Beth Akers |Michael Strain

Recent legislative proposals in the House and Senate signal heightened interest in making colleges financially responsible for students’ outcomes. The House’s version of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” contains a “risk-sharing” provision requiring colleges to repay a portion of the federal student debt that their graduates fail to repay.
college outcomes Archives

2 weeks ago | aei.org | Preston Cooper |Beth Akers |Anna Low |Mark Schneider

Post The Senate’s Higher Education Reforms Are Strong (But Could Be Stronger) Report A Template for Considering New University Accreditors Post Ten Things College Trustees Should Remember Post Six Ways College Trustees Can Improve Their Students’ ROI Post State Governments Could Do More to Hire for Skills, Not Degrees Post Congress’s Unique Opportunity to Fix Federal Student Loans Testimony High Costs, Uneven Value: Repairing the Federal Role in Postsecondary Education Report How State...
Student outcomes Archives

3 weeks ago | aei.org | Frederick M. Hess |Beth Akers |Robert Pondiscio |Preston Cooper

Event What’s Next for K–12 School Reform? Report A Template for Considering New University Accreditors Post To Improve Student Outcomes, Focus On Classroom Practice, Not Policy Post How Many Administrators Do Colleges Have?
Education reform Archives

1 month ago | aei.org | Robert Pondiscio |Beth Akers |Preston Cooper |Frederick M. Hess

Op-Ed Stop Telling Kids the World Is a Terrible Place One Pager Reforming Higher Education Accountability Report American Enterprise Institute Course Correction: Rebuilding the Federal Student Loan System After Biden’s Mismanagement Op-Ed The Voices We Don’t Hear: Teachers Who Gave Up Report A Template for Considering New University Accreditors Post To Improve Student Outcomes, Focus On Classroom Practice, Not Policy Event “The Child Is Not the Mere Creature of the State”: Pierce v. Society...
Higher Education Innovation Archives

1 month ago | aei.org | Preston Cooper |Beth Akers |Ian Rowe |Michael Brickman

Op-Ed Should ‘Abundance’ Come for Higher Education?
higher education accreditation system Archives

1 month ago | aei.org | Beth Akers |Preston Cooper |Anna Low |Steve Teles
Tag Archive: White House

1 month ago | aei.org | Marc Thiessen |Will Rinehart |Beth Akers |John Ferrari

Press Discussing Mike Waltz’s new White House role: Thiessen on Fox News’ ‘Special Report’ Post A NEPA Update from the White House Op-Ed It’s About Time: Bring Back Those Student Loan Collections Op-Ed DOGE or Be DOGE’d: The Army Needs to Preemptively Start Cutting Op-Ed Running the Numbers: What If the US Were to Stop Supporting Ukraine? Podcast Space Power: Trump 2.0, the 119th Congress, and the First 100 Days Report American Enterprise Institute Dollars and Sense: America’s Interest in a...
Bracing for the Student Loan Default Cliff: What Comes Next for Borrowers and the Federal Budget?

1 month ago | aei.org | With Beth Akers |Preston Cooper |Beth Akers |Howard Husock

With the Department of Education’s latest announcement on resuming student loan collections, a “student loan default cliff” is fast approaching. After years of paused payments and evolving forgiveness policies, millions of borrowers now face a dramatic shift in their financial obligations—and the federal government faces renewed pressure to manage a ballooning loan portfolio. What will this mean for students, taxpayers, and the broader economy?
The Real Retirement Crisis: A Book Event

1 month ago | aei.org | Andrew Biggs |Howard Husock |Colin Dueck |Beth Akers

Americans, and the elected officials who represent them, are worried about retirement. Amid widespread fears of a retirement crisis, AEI’s Andrew G. Biggs offers a differing perspective grounded in economic data: Americans may be more financially secure in retirement than popular narratives suggest. With insights drawn from international comparisons and decades of policy expertise, his book argues that 401(k)s and Social Security are delivering better outcomes than many believe.
Eliminate Federal Lending to Graduate and Professional Students; Revenue to Fund Block Grants to States

Nov 20, 2024 | aei.org | Beth Akers

Graduate student lending is out of control. Students are effectively borrowing without limit to pay for graduate and professional schools, many of which offer little or no return on their investment. The status quo is untenable for both students, who bear the risk of taking on unaffordable debts amid uncertainty about the future of forgiveness programs, and taxpayers, who are ultimately on the hook for bailouts when students cannot repay debts that should never have been issued in the first place.

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