Category: Politics

2016, Politics, Research/Policy, Student Success

Musings on the 2016 Presidential Election and Ramifications for Education

By Dr. Watson Scott Swail, President & Senior Research Scholar, Educational Policy Institute In what will arguably go down as the “longest” election in the history of the United States, it is worthy of a conversation about the future of federal education policy. Why the longest? President Obama was inaugurated for the second time on January 21, 2013. One day later, the GOP started openly talking about … Continue reading Musings on the 2016 Presidential Election and Ramifications for Education

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2015, College Affordability, Financial Aid, Politics, Research/Policy, Student Success

The Broken Record of Student Debt

By Dr. Watson Scott Swail, President & Senior Research Scholar, Educational Policy Institute I recently read an article by Mitchell Weiss of credit.com in USA Today titled “Student Loan Debt: America’s Next Big Crisis.” Weiss points out that the percentage of delinquent student loans rose from 11.1 percent to 11.5 percent between the first two quarters in 2015. On the surface, that doesn’t sound like much. But … Continue reading The Broken Record of Student Debt

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2015, College Affordability, Politics, Research/Policy

An Open Letter to Senator Bernie Sanders: Your Free Tuition Policy is a Bad Idea

By Dr. Watson Scott Swail, President & Senior Research Scholar, Educational Policy Institute Dear Senator Sanders, I understand that you will introduce legislation tomorrow to make college tuition free across the United States. By doing this, you haven’t just met what President Obama suggested in his State of the Union Address a few months ago when he suggested free community college tuition. Rather, you are going all … Continue reading An Open Letter to Senator Bernie Sanders: Your Free Tuition Policy is a Bad Idea

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2015, College Access, Politics, Research/Policy

What Color is Your Dress?

By Dr. Watson Scott Swail, President & Senior Research Scholar, Educational Policy Institute Well. Who cares about ISIS/The Islamic State when we can focus our attention on the color of a dress on Facebook? It’s blue and black, by the way, as confirmed by the actual person who bought the dress. But the issue—if not the argument, dialogue, or diatribe about the color of the dress—emphasize the … Continue reading What Color is Your Dress?

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2015, College Affordability, Politics, Research/Policy, ROI/College Outcomes

What Could (Should?) the President Do Now?

By Dr. Watson Scott Swail, President & Senior Research Scholar, Educational Policy Institute Last week, the President gave his second-to-last State of the Union speech in front of a Joint Session of Congress. As we knew, he talked about his plan for free Community College for all students eligible for admissions. In my last post on January 13, 2015, I posited that the President’s plan was not … Continue reading What Could (Should?) the President Do Now?

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