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Student Loans
Pano Kanelos: 'Ideology Is the Death of Ideas'
The president of the new University of Austin wants to reverse the decline of higher education in America.
Students With an Undocumented Parent Still Can't Fill Out the FAFSA Form
The updated FAFSA form has been marred with technical problems, leaving many students unable to complete the financial aid form entirely.
Biden Is Wrong About Student Debt Forgiveness
Biden claims that billions in loan forgiveness is "good for the economy," but his plans will end up costing taxpayers almost $500 billion.
The Biden Administration Has Forgiven Another $1.2 Billion in Federal Student Loans
This new wave of forgiveness shows how Biden can keep canceling student loans, even after his defeat at the Supreme Court last year.
The Best of Reason: The Real Student Loan Crisis Isn't From Undergraduate Degrees
Misled by a bad law, graduate students are drowning in debt.
Biden Announces New Plan To Forgive Student Debt in Cases of Financial 'Hardship'
The plan is the Biden administration's latest effort to enact large-scale student loan forgiveness.
FAFSA Glitches May Keep Students From Getting Crucial Financial Aid Info
Persistent technical difficulties have made completing the financial aid form nearly impossible for many applicants.
The Real Student Loan Crisis Isn't From Undergraduate Degrees
Misled by a bad law, graduate students are drowning in debt.
The Biden Administration Has Found a Way To Keep Forgiving Student Loans
Through changes to income-driven repayment plans, the Department of Education is set to enact debt relief for thousands of borrowers.
The FAFSA 'Soft Launch' Was a Confusing, Glitchy Disaster
While the new version of the financial aid form was supposed to simplify the process, it has instead been riddled with technical problems and considerable delays.
2023 Brought More Evidence That Pandemic School Closures Damaged Students
Post-COVID educational declines are here to stay.
Government Gives Billions in Grants Each Year to Ivy League Universities
Some private universities receive more from the government than they net in tuition payments.
Forgive Us Our…Loans?
Plus: House speaker battles, a Jesus-themed Trump courtroom sketch, Eric Adams' travel plans, and more...
The Federal Student Loan Pause Is Finally Ending
Since its start in March 2020, the pause has cost taxpayers around $200 billion.
Jared Polis: Democrats Are 'More Pro-Freedom Than Republicans'
The Colorado governor finds common ground with many libertarians. But does he really stand for more freedom?
The Government Has Made College an Overpriced Scam
Thankfully, you don't need fancy dining halls or a college degree to have a good life or get a good job.
Federal Court Blocks $20 Billion in Student Loan Forgiveness
The injunction is the latest in a series of setbacks for the Biden administration's loan forgiveness agenda.
Of Babysitters and Major Questions
Survey data casts doubt on the textualist rationale for the major questions doctrine that I and others have advanced. But perhaps not as much doubt as it might seem.
Biden's New Student Loan Payment Plan Has Arrived. Here's What That Means.
Biden's new income-driven repayment plan is estimated to cost taxpayers $360 billion over the next decade.
Democrats Propose Eliminating Student Loan Interest
The plan's supporters say it won't push costs onto taxpayers.
Why Did Joe Biden Stop Talking About the Deficit?
The federal budget deficit has exploded under Biden's watch, and he can no longer pretend otherwise.
Biden's Latest Student Loan Scheme Has a Bigger Price Tag Than Originally Projected
The administration’s SAVE plan for student loan forgiveness is estimated to cost $475 billion.
Biden Forgives Almost $40 Billion in Student Loans
The spate of forgiveness reconciles administrative errors when carrying out changes to income-driven repayment plans.
Can Biden Still Forgive Student Debt?
Biden wants to use the Higher Education Act of 1965 to forgive student loans. But that plan has major issues.
Confidence in Higher Education Reaches New Low
According to Gallup, those with a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in higher education has declined 21 points since 2015.
Biden's Changes to Income-Based Student Loan Repayment Could Cost Billions
Biden plans to slash minimum monthly payments to just 5 percent of borrowers' income.
NYC Lawyer Dmitriy Shakhnevich Interviews Me on Wide Range of Law and Policy Issues
Topics covered include affirmative action, legacy preferences, the student loan forgiveness decision, refugee policy, indictments against Trump, Vladimir Putin, political ignorance, and more.
Three Cheers for the Supreme Court
Plus: A listener question on the potential efficacy of congressional term limits.
Despite SCOTUS Smackdown, Biden Will Still Extract Billions From Taxpayers for Student Loans
Biden's proposed income-driven repayment plan could still cost taxpayers billions. And it will likely raise tuition too.
Joe Biden's Incoherent Student Loan Logic
Plus: Fewer cops, less crime; free beer; and more....
The Irony of Department of Education v. Brown—the Other Student Loan Forgiveness Case Decided by the Supreme Court Yesterday
The Court unanimously ruled the plaintiffs in that case lacked standing. But they might end up getting what they wanted more fully than anyone else involved in the legal battle over student loan forgiveness.
My CNN Article on "Why the Supreme Court Got it Right on Student Loans"
The article goes over the main reasons why the Court's decision was justified.
Biden Says He Will try to do Student Loan Forgiveness Under the Higher Education Act of 1965
The administration will try this pathway as an alternative to the HEROES Act of 2003, which pathway was shut down by today's Supreme Court decision.
Justice Barrett's Textualist Defense of the Major Questions Doctrine
In today's student loan decision, Justice Barrett offers a textualist rationale for this controversial rule. I have made similar arguments myself.
Supreme Court Rules Against Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
The Court ruled the plan is illegal, and that at least one plaintiff (the state of Missouri) has standing.
Can Republicans Fix Student Debt?
Unlike Democrats, Senate and House Republicans have released proposals that would actually tackle the root causes of increasing student loan debt.
The Student Loan Pause Has Made Borrowers Worse Off
A new working paper finds that borrowers whose loan payments were paused actually had more debt at the end of 2021 than those whose loans were never paused.
Debt Ceiling Deal Will End The Student Loan Repayment Pause
If the debt ceiling bill passes, the Education Department will be barred from extending the student loan repayment pause yet again.
Trump's Disregard for the Rule of Law Is at Least As Bad As Biden's
The former president reminds us that claiming unbridled executive power is a bipartisan tendency.
Lawsuit: It's Time To Start Paying Off Those Student Loans Again
The lawsuit claims that the pause has cost taxpayers "$160 billion and counting."
Will Separation of Powers Doom Biden's Student Debt Plan?
Biden v. Nebraska has far-reaching implications for presidential power.
New Report on State Standing in Student Loan Case Comes Up A Few Dollars Short
A new report purporting to show that Missouri's arguments for standing in Nebraska v. Biden are based on a lie fails to deliver.
Biden's Student Loan Plan Could Cost Twice as Much as Projected
Unlike the Education Department's estimates, a CBO analysis considers how the new rules will encourage more students to take out loans they won't be able to pay back.
Fewer People Are Going to College. Here's Why That's a Good Thing.
The time and money spent on college can often be used more productively.
Biden's Student Loan Pause Overwhelmingly Benefited Wealthier Americans
Is this what equity looks like?
Heaton Fixes the Student Debt Crisis
How to—and how not to—help solve the college debt problem.