
Christopher Robinson
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1 week ago |
aei.org | John Yoo |Naomi Schaefer Riley |Mark Schneider |Christopher Robinson
Press Discussing the funding battle between Trump and Harvard: Yoo on Fox News’ ‘America Reports’ Op-Ed Minnesota’s War on Charter Schools Post The Scale of Foreign Investments in US Higher Education is Huge—but Mostly Unmeasured Post A Consensus on Common-Sense Education Reform Post Miguel Cardona’s Flawed “Fight for Public Education” Post School Pandemic Funds Run Out Soon. What Should Come Next? Op-Ed Don’t Trust EdFund Op-Ed Virginia’s Gov. Youngkin Offers A Republican Path On Pre-K...
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2 months ago |
aei.org | Preston Cooper |Christopher Robinson
Columbia University has “capitulated” to the Trump administration’s demands, in the words of many media outlets, after the government withdrew around $400 million in federal grants and contracts from the institution. In a four-page letter, Columbia outlined the steps it would take to satisfy the administration’s complaints. Though protests have erupted on campus in opposition to the changes, the reforms Columbia says it will make are eminently reasonable—and some of them are overdue.
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2 months ago |
aei.org | Preston Cooper |Christopher Robinson
Student loan payments have been due for six months now—yet no one seems to have told the students. The federal government effectively suspended payments on student loans for four and a half years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, leading many borrowers to lose touch with their loan servicers and disengage from the repayment system. False promises of loan cancellation led to confusion and bitterness.
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2 months ago |
aei.org | Preston Cooper |Christopher Robinson
In March 2020, the federal government enacted a “temporary” pause on student loan repayment, which the Trump and Biden administrations extended a grand total of eight times. But as of October 2024, loan repayment has officially resumed—meaning borrowers who miss payments will face consequences such as negative credit reports.
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Mar 3, 2025 |
aei.org | Preston Cooper |Christopher Robinson
President Trump’s government has taken several actions recently to curb administrative bloat at America’s colleges and universities. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) capped the “indirect costs” that universities may charge the government on research grants, while the Education Department published guidance to push back on schools’ DEI programs.
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