Reject the Proposed Price-Fixing Settlement

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January, 2024 Washington — Because it is one of the largest, most-consequential higher education lawsuits in recent memory, federal Judge Ma...

Civil War Echos in a Puzzling Name Choice

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December, 2023 Lincoln — Looking recently into the family tree, I came across the name Abel McClellan Wimer, born 1869, son of John Elias Wi...

FAFSA Delays Are Only Part of the Problem

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December, 2023 Washington — A bipartisan group of thirty-seven U.S. senators recently wrote urgently to the Secretary of Education, trouble...

The Causes of National Student Loan Dysfunction

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November, 2023 Washington — Is the nation's long-running student loan imbroglio a failure of program implementation or are its causes mo...

Crackdown Welcome, but Decades Too Late

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October, 2023 Washington —  Welcome news from the U.S. Department of Education:  it is finally cracking down on student loan servicers that...

No One Looks Good in Prison Deal

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September, 2023 Lincoln —  Seldom is a public policy deal struck that does not have winners somewhere along the way, but the recent state pr...

Time for the Big Fix in U.S. Higher Education

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August, 2023 Washington — Now is a propitious time to fix much of what's wrong in U.S. higher education pricing, admissions, and financi...

DOJ and the Student Loan Crisis

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August, 2023 Washington — How much of the nation's student loan crisis can be attributed to the Department of Justice?   It's a ques...

Will Merlin Hear these Birds in the Future?

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August, 2023 Lincoln — The bird identification app Merlin heard the following birds during the early mornings of July 23-29 on the north hal...

Speak for Yourself, David Brooks

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August, 2023 Washington — David Brooks made a splash with his column "What if We're the Bad Guys Here? " We can condemn the Tr...