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Legal challenges to Biden's latest student loan repayment plan have upended the student-loan-repayment system, leaving millions with financial uncertainty and taxpayers with a hefty bill. Read Sarah Reber and Sarah Turner's new op-ed in The Chronicle of Higher Education. chronicle.com/article/studen…

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.Sarah Reber and The Brookings Institution Brookings Econ doing critical work synthesizing what we know (and what we should do) supporting students to and through college—backed by evidence! Check it out: brookings.edu/articles/suppo…

Applications are now open for summer #fellow positions at the ChicagoFed and other great programs through the CSWEP and CSMGEP Summer Fellows Program. AEA’s program aims to advance participation of women and minorities in economics. Apply by 2/1: bit.ly/3LTvx1A

Oh, LA 💔 My thoughts are with you all.

The Trump administration is targeting the Department of Education—sidelining staff, cutting funds, and pressuring schools—while weighing an executive order to eliminate it altogether. The Brookings Institution scholars assess the threats U.S. Department of Education faces: brookings.edu/articles/brook…

The price of college is falling. From @Brookings non-resident senior fellow Phil Levine, since 2020: Public flagship prices: -8.5% Private schools w large endowments prices: -2.1% (but down ~40% for those with family income under $240,000) See it here: brookings.edu/articles/colle…

not enough people have seen this chart

Submit papers for two CSWEP sponsored sessions at APPAM next fall. Looking especially for papers on health policy and poverty and income policy, broadly interpreted. Deadline extended to April 15. Go to the CSWEP website on aeaweb for details. Pls share!

This is flying a bit under the radar. But in terms of damage to America’s innovation and knowledge supremacy, the chilling effect of these revocations on the country’s ability to attract and retain scientific talent likely dwarfs the impact of tariffs or other policies.

Ongoing litigation and the end of a long payment pause has increased confusion about student loan repayment options. Sarah Turner and Sarah Reber explain what's happening with income-driven repayment plans. brookings.edu/articles/save-…

"There is no guarantee that Reagan’s 'city on the hill' remains in America." In a new paper, Tara Watson and Jonathan Zars take stock of the sweeping changes to immigration policy the second Trump administration made in its first 100 days. brookings.edu/articles/100-d…

Excellent piece by Dana Goldstein about how both parties have walked away from efforts to improve student learning. We're caught in culture wars set in schools, but much less focused on whether kids can read and whether they graduate from high school. nytimes.com/2025/05/10/us/…

"The plan saves money mainly by removing millions of people from coverage, while offering no alternative means to insure them," Loren Adler and Matt Fiedler write. wapo.st/430us3Z

For #CollegeCompletionDay🎓Sarah Reber of The Brookings Institution joined our policy advisor Emily Rounds to break down the evidence behind college completion and why simple solutions can go a long way. Tune in to the full conversation here🔗: youtu.be/ZW44JquopFA?si…

CSWEP Now Accepting Applications: 2025 Mentoring Workshop for Women & Non-Binary Econ PhD Students. The workshop will be held in person on Friday, November 21st in Tampa, FL. Applications are due Friday, July 18th, 2025. For more information: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

My education, scholarship, and life have been enriched so, so much by interactions & friendships w/ international students. I am awed by 🇺🇸 ability to attract talent from around the 🌎 . What a thing to throw away for no reason at all. 💔

What does America get from foreign students? - They subsidize American students' education - They inject life into small towns across America - They do a large portion of America's STEM research noahpinion.blog/p/america-need…

Blocking foreign students won't devastate the American economy overnight, but it'll steadily degrade an important source of our prosperity, until one day we wake up and discover that we aren't a technological leader anymore. noahpinion.blog/p/america-need…