Standards for responsible conduct at for-profit schools must help ensure more students graduate with credentials, writes Julie Margetta Morgan.
As the Department of Education develops a model letter on college student aid, Julie Margetta Morgan recommends the letter be compulsory to enable students to compare costs across schools.
The Pell Grant saw a funding increase amid myriad other cuts in the debt limit deal, writes Julie Margetta Morgan. But this important program could still face cuts in the near future.
Factors outside the Pell Grant’s budget are driving up its cost, says Julie Margetta Morgan. Congress should address those instead of cutting the program.
The Department of Education’s newly released information on tuition costs can help future students make better choices about schools, says Julie Morgan. But they also need to know what they’re getting for that cost.
Louis Soares and Julie Margettta Morgan explain why innovation in higher education is important for educating today’s working learners and how federal policymakers can help manage the process.
Julie Margetta Morgan argues that policymakers should be working with the Education Department to adopt sensible rules that address gaps in our higher education system—not retracting the rules altogether.
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Julie Morgan explains what college accreditation is and how to fix the flaws in the accreditation system.
A new rule aimed at making sure students in college career programs get a high-value education stops short of real accountability, writes Julie Morgan.
Julie Margetta Morgan takes economist Richard Thaler’s idea that companies should disclose confidential information they gather on their on consumers and applies it to higher education.
The federal government should make advice about college choices just as accessible as student loans, writes Julie Margetta Morgan.
Paul Ryan’s cuts to Pell Grants are based on faulty premises and leave students responsible for rising college costs, writes Julie Margetta Morgan.
Julie Margetta Morgan delinea cómo el gobierno federal puede ser más efectivo en ayudar a que estudiantes hagan mejores decisiones sobre la educación superior.
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Julie Margetta Morgan outlines how the federal government can be more effective at helping students make choices about college.
The gainful employment rule protects student and taxpayer investment in higher education.