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Preston CooperThe economics of higher education, from a free-market perspective.
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The student loan default system moves beyond the fax machine
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This post originally appeared at AEIdeas.
As of June 2026, 9.3 million federal student loan borrowers were in default, according to the latest federal data. Over five million of those borrowers have been...
Higher standards, higher completion rates
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American universities are in the midst of a debate over whether to bring back standardized testing requirements, generally abandoned during the pandemic. Advocates of testing think the momentum is with t...
Grad school tuition is coming down as loan limits take effect
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As the Grad PLUS program—which provided for unlimited lending to graduate students—phases out, and new caps on federal student loans come into effect, I’ve been tracking whether graduate schools are res...
Actually, many college students do pay the sticker price
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Originally published at AEIdeas
Georgetown University recently attained a dubious distinction: it became one of sixteen colleges nationwide with a price tag of more than $100,000 (including tuition, requi...
Hold cosmetology schools accountable for low earnings
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Let’s start with some facts.
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Roughly 12 million borrowers are in default on their student loans, or on course to default soon.
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At over 1,000 schools, more than 30 percent of borrowers who recently...
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Senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute writing about the economics of higher education, including student loans and college ROI.
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