'Holding Out Hope for a Left-Right Consensus on Federal Student Lending.' By Beth Akers & Joe Pitts. aei.org/education/hold…

'Degree-based hiring is not just a barrier to opportunities for those without a degree; it’s also a poor method of identifying qualified candidates for jobs.' Michael Brickman AEI Education aei.org/education/coul…

Some progressives are beginning to agree with conservatives on the underlying flaw of our current student lending system: Profligate federal lending showers money on universities with little accountability for outcomes.

At American Enterprise Institute w/ Beth Akers.
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Good news from Harvard University. Beth Akers and I argued for more institutions to adopt such institutional neutrality last October: deseret.com/2023/10/27/239…

Amen. Let's get it all done! Stop student loan cancellation and end the mortgage interest deduction. Let's focus public resources on helping those who are most in need.

I would be thrilled to abandon both of these ludicrous giveaways to the affluent.

In the latest issue of National Review, Ramesh Ponnuru draws some lessons about the high inflation of the last few years. National Review

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'Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.'

Adlai E. Stevenson

If only policymakers had been warned years back that it would be wildly irresponsible to run up massive debt and gamble Washington's fiscal solvency on the hope that interest rates never exceed 3% again.

Oh wait, they were warned!
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Congratulations, Richard V. Reeves, for this well-deserved honor!

HUGE congratulations to Richard V. Reeves as an awardee of <checks notes…re-checks notes> $20M from Melinda French Gates’s Pivotal Ventures for his important work at American Institute for Boys and Men
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Seriously, it’s a great investment!
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A recent oversight letter written by Virginia Foxx, Rep. Burgess Owens, and Robert Aderholt highlights a report from Frederick M. Hess and Joe Pitts on the ideological bias of graduate fellowship programs.

Read it below.⬇️

I spoke with Nic Dunn and Bill Duncan of Sutherland Institute about the issues with recent college campus protests in opposition to Israel’s use of force on Gaza. Check out the conversation and subscribe for more thoughtful commentary from the team at Sutherland Institute!

A New Accreditor Has Money in Mind jamesgmartin.center/2024/05/a-new-…

FAFSA Flop: What Is Going On with the 2024–25 Cycle? | American Enterprise Institute - AEI ⁦Beth Akers⁩ ⁦Michael Brickman⁩ ⁦AEI Education⁩ aei.org/events/fafsa-f…

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I can't imagine already maxxed out financial aid administrators are going to feel much better after this.

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Beth Akers

The Federal Student Loan Program Is Unraveling by Beth Akers Preston Cooper & Joe Pitts AEI Education
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Today at CNN Opinion, Beth Akers, Preston Cooper, & I previewed our American Enterprise Institute/FREOPP report on private student lending.

Federal student lending is broken, subsidizing universities with hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars w/ little accountability.
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Had a great discussion with Beth Akers of American Enterprise Institute and Sutherland Institute's Bill Duncan about campus protests around the country - applying a constitutional and civic lens. Look for the full episode this coming Tuesday at defendingideas.org or wherever you listen to podcasts.

'Privatizing federal student loans — that is, having the government pull back and allowing the private sector to lend instead — is an idea worth taking seriously.'

Beth Akers, Preston Cooper, and Joe Pitts at CNN Opinion: