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Why College Prices Have Spiraled

August 31, 2022
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Commentary With the Biden administration’s announcement this week that it would continue the moratorium on student loan payments through the beginning of next year and will forgive up to $20,000 in student loan debt per student, student loan forgiveness is at the top of the current political agenda. Meanwhile, there’s little talk about bringing the cost of…

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Government the Problem, Not Solution, on College Costs

August 31, 2022
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Commentary No sooner had President Joe Biden announced his plan for student loan debt forgiveness—$10,000 for non-Pell grant recipients and $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients—the president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was complaining that it should be more than twice as much. At least $50,000. Brookings Institution scholar Andre M….

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