EducationCommentary
The SAVE Plan Is Ending. Here’s Why It Matters.
Finally, the time has come: the end of the unlawful so-called SAVE era, an era marked by the Biden administration’s attempts to force American taxpayers… Read More
EducationCommentary
Education Department Increases Student Loan Accountability
The federal student loan program has long been in need of reform. Now, the Department of Education has taken steps to ensure greater accountability within… Read More
Commentary
From Fiasco to Fix: FAFSA Finally Puts Families First
For high school seniors, fall brings excitement as they form plans to enter college or the workforce. But for students choosing college, that isn’t all… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Tech Is Advancing. Your Standard of Living Isn’t. Here’s Why.
Since the widespread rollout of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in late 2022, the world has begun to grapple with a wave of technological progress unlike anything seen… Read More
EducationCommentary
Student Loan Reform Is Underway – Now the Senate Can Strengthen It
The House version of the reconciliation package in Congress, passed on May 22, marks a long-overdue step toward fiscal responsibility in higher education. The policies… Read More
EducationAnalysis
Why the House’s New Education Plan is a Win for Students and Taxpayers
In response to a directive to cut $330 billion in mandatory federal education spending over the next decade, the House Education and Workforce Committee has… Read More
EducationCommentary
The Real Cost of Student Loan Forgiveness
Each spring, as tassels are turned and degrees are conferred, college graduates across the country celebrate the culmination of years of study, sacrifice, and—inevitably for… Read More
EducationNews
Secretary McMahon Restores Accountability on Defaulted Student Loans Biden Ignored
As part of her efforts to overhaul the federal education system, Education Secretary Linda McMahon is restoring accountability to the federal student loan system. Beginning… Read More
EducationNews
After 5-Year Hiatus, Federal Student Loan Collections Set to Resume
After five years on hold, the U.S. Department of Education will resume collecting student loan payments on May 5. “American taxpayers will no longer be… Read More
The Headlines Have Caught Up to Mike Rowe. Now What?
JOHNSTOWN, Pa.—Alex Bambino, 21, is the son of two educators. He’s busy working, welding a piece of material that will be used on a heavily… Read More
EducationCommentary
Student Loan Forgiveness’ Unintended Consequences for Recipients
Instead of alleviating rising debt burdens, Joe Biden’s student loan debt “forgiveness” has caused recipients to take on additional non-student loan debts, a new economic… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Student Loan Regulations in Reverse and Seasonal Signs of American Democracy
Are you aware that in our democracy the people least able to pay their debts are the ones who acquired expensive degrees to improve their… Read More
EducationCommentary
Education Department Cancels Loan Cancellation Scheme
The U.S. Department of Education announced that it will be withdrawing both parts of its Plan C for student loan cancellation. One part involves various… Read More
EducationCommentary
Biden-Harris Admin’s New Student Loan Forgiveness Cancellation Plan’s Suspicious Timing
Just days before the election, the Biden-Harris administration has rolled out yet another plan to cancel student debt—this time aiming to clear the loans of… Read More
EducationCommentary
Biden’s Student Loan ‘Forgiveness’ Wack-A-Mole, v. 4.0
Past is prologue when it comes to the student loan policy of progressive grandees. Hoping to hear an adoring public applaud one last time, the… Read More
EducationCommentary
Lawmakers Push New Student Loan ‘Forgiveness’ Proposal, Burdening Taxpayers With Billions
After a pause in student loan repayments during the COVID-19 pandemic, borrowers have started paying again. But if history is any guide, some student loan… Read More
Economy Analysis
NY Fed Reports Perilously High Household Indebtedness
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. Household debt in America just hit a new… Read More
PoliticsNews
Biden Wipes Out Another $1.2 Billion in Student Debt as He Fights to Stay in 2024 Race
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Biden administration announced Thursday it would forgive $1.2 billion in student debt held by 35,000 public service workers. President Joe Biden… Read More
EducationCommentary
Courts Block Biden’s Student Loan Cancellation Plan: A Win for Taxpayers
On Monday, two federal court judges issued nationwide injunctions stopping the Biden administration from illegally canceling hundreds of billions of dollars in student debt. This… Read More
LawNews
Judges Temporarily Block Parts of Biden’s Student Debt Plan
Obama-appointed federal judges blocked parts of the Biden administration’s Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan on Monday in response to Republican states’ lawsuits. Judge… Read More
Law Analysis
‘Federal Overreach’: Lawsuit Aims to Stop Biden’s Title IX Rule Change
After the Biden administration released its new Title IX rule on April 19, it took less than two weeks for the Defense of Freedom Institute… Read More
SocietyCommentary
What’s Different From 1960s About Today’s Student Demonstrations
The current demonstrations on college campuses against Israel remind some of the unrest on college campuses during the 1960s. But the comparison is not a… Read More
EducationCommentary
Taxpayers Are Subsidizing College Extremism
Mohamed Abdou is a pro-Hamas “anarchist interdisciplinary activist-scholar of Indigenous, Black, critical race, and Islamic studies, as well as gender, sexuality, abolition, and decolonization” at… Read More
EducationCommentary
Can the Current Universities Be Saved? Should They Be?
Elite higher education in America—long unquestioned as globally preeminent—is facing a perfect storm. Fewer applicants, higher costs, impoverished students, collapsing standards, and increasingly politicized and… Read More
EducationCommentary
Record-Breaking Flood of Comments Condemns Biden’s Latest Student Loan Scheme
A national grassroots petition in protest of President Joe Biden’s latest student debt “forgiveness” stunt garnered over 5,000 online comments in a single night. Biden’s… Read More
EducationCommentary
Biden’s ‘Plan C’ Scheme for Canceling Student Loan Debt Also Gets an ‘F’
If you’re confused about President Joe Biden’s various student loan debt-cancellation schemes, who can blame you? And on Tuesday, the Biden administration unveiled its third… Read More
PoliticsNews
Swing Voters Deliver Harsh Verdict: Biden Administration Is a Failure
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Joe Biden’s efforts to deflect blame for the border crisis and high cost of living aren’t working with swing voters,… Read More
EducationNews
‘The Constitution Is Clear’: AGs Sue Biden Administration Over New Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
Seven Republican attorneys general filed a lawsuit Tuesday against President Joe Biden’s administration over a new student loan forgiveness plan rolled out this week. Biden announced Monday… Read More
Education Analysis
What We Know About Biden’s New Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
President Joe Biden announced a new student loan forgiveness plan early Monday morning. But who qualifies for forgiveness? Will the president succeed with his efforts,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The More the Feds ‘Borrow,’ the More We Pay for Mortgages, Credit Cards, Student Loans
If you think the Treasury Department borrowing trillions of dollars is a problem only for future generations, think again. The interest rates on your credit… Read More
