Tag: Congress

2025, Politics, Research/Policy

Will Anyone Stand Up for America?

by Dr. Watson Scott Swail, President & Senior Research Scientist UPDATED 4:10PM EST, OCTOBER 16, 2025 Since writing this piece and publishing the morning of October 16, 2025, both Brown University and Penn University have also pushed back on the Trump Compact. That brings them in line with MIT and Dartmouth and leaves four other institutions mulling the Administration’s offer over. Expect more dominoes to … Continue reading Will Anyone Stand Up for America?

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2018, College Affordability, Financial Aid

A New Plan for Student Debt?

By Watson Scott Swail, President & Senior Research Scholar, Educational Policy Institute Although four years late, House Republicans and Democrats are looking at a potential reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965, which used to be reauthorized every four years during the 70s, then pushed to six years in the 80s and 90s, and now will likely be 10 years for the last two reauthorizations … Continue reading A New Plan for Student Debt?

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