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Purdue University President Mitch Daniels said on campus, value “is the most common equation of life … meaning quality over price,” and that Purdue University has “taken pains to keep the co…

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on student loan debt and bankruptcy reform. Witnesses discussed the rising cost of higher education and the barriers many borrowers encounter wh…

White House National Economic Council Adviser Larry Kudlow joined a Politico virtual discussion about U.S. economic recovery during the coronavirus pandemic. Mr. Kudlow discussed the Trump a…

The House Education and Labor Committee hosted the first in a planned series of five hearings to address the costs of higher education. Former Bush and Obama administration economic policy a…

Beth Akers talked about New York’s new program to make state and city universities tuition-free for families with annual incomes up to $125,000.

Beth Akers, co-author of Game of Loans: The Rhetoric and Reality of Student Debt, argued that the student loan crisis in the United States was overblown and that going into debt to obtain a …

Beth Akers examines the factors that increased the costs associated with federal student loans, which the 2016 federal budget estimates grew $22 billion in 2014. She also discussed allowance…