Student Loans

Last year, we estimated that fully canceling student debt would produce eight to 23 cents of economic activity for every dollar of cost and speculated...

In her recent Washington Post column, Catherine Rampell argues progressives should “be more progressive in an old-fashioned sense: by helping the poor...

Note: We published a follow-up piece on June 3, 2021 estimating the fiscal multipliers for cancelling $10,000 and $50,000 in federal student loan debt...

In April, 2020 presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) unveiled a plan for “universal free public college and cancellation of student...

Lawmakers will need offsets to keep year-end legislation from substantially worsening the debt, and one area we've suggested in our Mini-Bargain and...

Marc Goldwein is the senior vice president and senior policy director of the Commitee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an opinion...

One of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's first major policy proposals focused on college affordability. Called the " New College...

Mitch Daniels is the president of Purdue University, a former governor of Indiana, a former director of the Office of Management and Budget, and a co...

Credit programs involving loans and loan guarantees are accounted for differently than most other programs in the federal budget. Whereas other...

Today, the Congressional Budget Office released a new report on Pell Grants which details the program and recent changes made to it, shows options to...

On Friday, we discussed the President's recent speeches on his policy proposals for higher education. With most K-12 schools and university funding...

As part of an ongoing series of economic speeches entitled A Better Bargain for the Middle Class, President Obama spoke yesterday at the University of...