In The News
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Federal Student Loan Changes Start Wednesday: What You Need to Know
NY1 | June 2026
Clare McCann
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Major Student Loan Changes Take Effect July 1: What to Know
ABC News | June 2026
Clare McCann
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Will the New Student Loan Limits Actually Drive Down Tuition? Economists Weigh In
NPR | June 2026
Jordan Matsudaira
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Study: NYU, Columbia and USC Among 10 Universities to be Hardest Hit by New Grad Loan Caps
U.S. News | June 2026
Jordan Matsudaira
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Private Lenders Expected to Fill Loan Limit Gap—for Some
Inside Higher Ed | June 2026
Jordan Matsudaira
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5 Under-the-Radar Student Loan Changes You Should Know About
U.S. News | June 2026
Jordan Matsudaira
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New Federal Guidelines Threaten Almost Half of Graduate Arts Programs
The New York Times | June 2026
Jordan Matsudaira
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Who Can Afford Grad School? New Loan Caps May Narrow the Field
Marketplace | May 2026
Jordan Matsudaira
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Will Your Student Loan Company Choose Your Degree for You?
U.S. News & World Report | April 2026
Jordan Matsudaira
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Undergrad Loan Limits Haven't Risen Since 2008. Why Not?
U.S. News & World Report | April 2026
Jordan Matsudaira
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Paying for Graduate School Is Going To Get Harder
KQED | April 2026
Jordan Matsudaira
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Impact of New Grad Loan Caps on Institutions and Programs in 5 Charts
Inside Higher Ed | April 2026
Meredith Welch
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What the New Loan Caps Will Mean for Grad Students This Fall
The New York Times | April 2026
Jordan Matsudaira
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What’s the Future of Naturopathic Medicine?
Inside Higher Ed | April 2026
Clare McCann
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Some of the Most Popular Graduate Degrees Are Not Worth the Cost, Study Finds
The Washington Post | March 2026
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Graduate School Pays Off for Pharmacists, but Not Psychologists
Inside Higher Ed | March 2026
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New Survey Announcements From IES Give Hope for Agency’s Revival
Inside Higher Ed | March 2026
Clare McCann
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Want to Major in Theater? Don't Expect a Student Loan
U.S. News & World Report | March 2026
Jordan Matsudaira
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Trump Administration Looks to Shift Student-Loan Responsibilities to Treasury Department
MarketWatch | March 2026
Clare McCann
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For-Profit Colleges, Once Accused of Duping Students, Hope to Rebound Under Trump
Washington Post | March 2026
Clare McCann
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Why Trump's Student Loan Revamp Might Lead to More College Debt
POLITICO | March 2026
Jordan Matsudaira
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Can Private Lenders Fill the Student Loan Gap? College Presidents Say No.
Politico Pro | February 2026
Jordan Matsudaira
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U.S. Plans to Stop Funding Low-Earning Degrees. Indiana May Just End Them.
Inside Higher Ed | February 2026
Jordan Matsudaira
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Colleges Cut Ad Spending by More Than Half in Last Decade
Inside Higher Ed | February 12, 2026
Stephanie Riegg Cellini
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How to Deliver an Effective Public Comment
Inside Higher Ed | February 2026
Clare McCann
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Grad School Completion Lags Despite Growth
Inside Higher Ed | February 2026
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We Can’t Let the New US Graduate Borrowing Caps Hit Social Mobility
Times Higher Education | January 2026
Jordan Matsudaira
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How the U.S. Is Tightening the Reins on Federal Student Loans
The Wall Street Journal | January 2026
Clare McCann
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How Many Graduate Borrowers Will Be Impacted by the Looming Lending Limits?
Higher Ed Dive | January 2026
Jordan Matsudaira
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Grad Loan Caps Could Hurt Students With Low Credit Scores
Inside Higher Ed | January 2026
Jordan Matsudaira
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ED Plans to ‘Harmonize’ Accountability Metrics
Inside Higher Ed | January 2026
Clare McCann
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How Student Loans and Financial Aid Are Changing in 2026
Washington Post | January 2026
Jordan Matsudaira
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Student-Loan Borrowers Should Be Prepared for Major Changes Coming in 2026
MarketWatch | December 2025
Clare McCann
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How Enhanced Wage Records Can Show the Value of Jobs Training Programs
National Conference of State Legislatures | December 2025
Jordan Matsudaira
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The Cockfight That Wasn't
Substack | December 2025
Jordan Matsudaira
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Higher Ed Rulemaking To-Do List
Institute for Higher Education Policy | December 2025
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Grad Programs Brace for Loan Caps
Inside Higher Ed | December 2025
Jordan Matsudaira
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Consensus Reached on Workforce Pell, Earnings Test Looms
Inside Higher Ed | December 2025
Clare McCann
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Fate of Accountability for Undergraduate Certificates Likely to Loom Over ED Talks
Inside Higher Ed | December 2025
Clare McCann
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Has the Graduate-School Collapse Begun?
The Chronicle of Higher Education | December 2025
Jordan Matsudaira
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States Should Step Up on Graduate School Aid
Inside Higher Ed | December 2025
Jordan Matsudaira
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Will New Graduate Loan Limits Reduce Debt or Just Reduce Access?
Inside Higher Ed | November 2025
Jordan Matsudaira
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ED’s ‘Special Projects’ Grants Spark Concern Over Congressional Intent
Inside Higher Ed | November 2025
Clare McCann
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How Will New Student Loan Caps Impact Graduate Students?
Forbes | November 2025
Jordan Matsudaira
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How the Loan Cap Committee Reached Consensus
Inside Higher Ed | November 2025
Clare McCann
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Talks Over Loan Caps See Some Progress
Inside Higher Ed | November 2025
Clare McCann
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Student Loan Limits: Takeaways from a Recent Brookings Panel
Brookings Institution | October 2025
Jordan Matsudaira
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There’s a War on the Bachelor’s Degree. Can Anything Replace It?
MarketWatch | October 2025
Clare McCann
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Trump Wants Colleges to Freeze Tuition. Is That a Good Idea?
The Chronicle of Higher Education | October 2025
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Inside the Trump Administration’s Assault on Higher Education
The New Yorker | October 2025
Jordan Matsudaira
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Short-Term Pell Grants and What They Mean for Colleges
The Chronicle of Higher Education | October 2025
Stephanie Riegg Cellini, Clare McCann -
How New Details from Trump's Student-Loan Repayment Overhaul Could Affect Americans Seeking Advanced Degrees
Business Insider | October 2025
Clare McCann
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What Would a Shutdown Mean for Rule Making?
Inside Higher Ed | September 2025
Clare McCann
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ED Panel to Weigh Sorting of Grad and Professional Programs
Inside Higher Ed | September 2025
Clare McCann
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Trump Is Slashing Grad School Loans. These Companies Are Scrambling To Step In
Forbes | September 2025
Jordan Matsudaira
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New Federal Caps Could Lead Students to Take Out Private Loans, Studies Show
Inside Higher Ed | September 2025
Jordan Matsudaira
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Inaccurate, Impossible: Experts Knock New Trump Plan to Collect College Admissions Data
Hechinger Report | August 2025
Jordan Matsudaira
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Colleges and Universities in Mass. Embraced Graduate Education. That May Be a Problem Now.
Boston Globe | August 2025
Jordan Matsudaira
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Hearing Spotlights Concerns Heading Into Rule Making for ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
Inside Higher Ed | August 2025
Clare McCann
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Scammers Are Coming for College Students
The Atlantic | July 2025
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Chair Cassidy, Warren, Colleagues Reintroduce College Transparency Act
Senate HELP Committee | July 2025
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College Students In Hawaiʻi Could Lose Access To Federal Loans
Civil Beat | July 2025
Clare McCann
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Republicans cap student loan debt. Why that’s bad news for California medical students
CalMatters | July 2025
Jordan Matsudaira
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The Federal Government Is Retreating From Student Lending
The Wall Street Journal | July 2025
Jordan Matsudaira
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Trump’s Law Reshapes Federal Loans and Pell Grants, Impacting California Students
EdSource | July 2025
Clare McCann
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The 5 Huge Changes Coming for Student-Loan Borrowers and Colleges under GOP Megabill
MarketWatch | July 2025
Clare McCann
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Senate Megabill Poised to Change the Way Americans Borrow and Repay Student Loans
MarketWatch | July 2025
Clare McCann
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Trump’s Vocational Education Con
Washington Monthly | June 2025
Stephanie Riegg Cellini
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Congress Is Poised To Expand Workforce Pell. Here’s What It Means for Adult Learners
BestColleges | June 2025
Stephanie Riegg Cellini
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How Senate Republicans Want to Hold Colleges Accountable
Inside Higher Ed | June 2025
Jordan Matsudaira
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Congress Opens the Credential Floodgates
Inside Higher Ed | June 2025
Stephanie Riegg Cellini
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Consequences for Colleges Whose Students Carry Mountains of Debt? Republicans Say Yes
NPR | June 2025
Jordan Matsudaira
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Republicans Want to Curb Federal Student Loans — and Private Lenders Are Ready to Step In
MarketWatch | June 2025
Jordan Matsudaira
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Education Department Cuts Could Leave Colleges Without Critical Data. Here’s What Students Need To Know.
BestColleges | May 2025
Jordan Matsudaira
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Trump’s immigration stance endangers one of the biggest revenue streams for Columbia University
Politico | May 2025
Jordan Matsudaira
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Op-Ed: On Student Aid, It’s Congressional Republicans vs. DOGE
The Chronicle of Higher Education | May 2025
Jordan Matsudaira
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Bipartisan Proposal Would Make Pell Grants Tax-Exempt
BestColleges | May 2025
Clare McCann
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State-Imposed Tuition Freezes Come With Unintended Costs for Students
Inside Higher Ed | April 2025
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‘Breathtakingly Irresponsible’: Former Workers Decry Decimation of Education Dept.’s Data Warehouse
The Chronicle of Higher Education | March 2025
Jordan Matsudaira
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‘I Want to Stand Up for Higher Ed’: Protesters Rally Against Education Dept. Cuts
The Chronicle of Higher Education | March 2025
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Why Student-Loan Borrowers ‘Are Going to Feel the Brunt’ of the Education Department Layoffs
MarketWatch | March 2025
Clare McCann
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What Will Happen to Student Loans if the Education Department Shuts Down?
MarketWatch | March 2025
Clare McCann
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Student-loan borrowers struggle to access repayment plans. Advocates worry about ‘chaos.’
MarketWatch | February 2025
Clare McCann
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Linda McMahon Will Make Her Case to Lead Ed. Dept. as Trump Tries to Shrink It
EducationWeek | February 2025
Clare McCann
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Who Is In Charge of the Education Department Right Now? Few Details Are Out There
Inside Higher Ed | February 2025
Clare McCann
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Trump Inherits a $1.6 Trillion Student-Loan Crisis. What He Does Next Will Impact Millions of Borrowers.
MarketWatch | January 2025
Clare McCann
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Biden Leaves Behind a Graveyard of Higher Ed Policies
Inside Higher Ed | January 2025
Clare McCann
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Op-Ed: How Trump Can Overhaul Higher Ed
Boston Globe | December 2024
Clare McCann
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Stop For-Profit Education Programs from Profiteering Off of Students
PolitiFact | December 2024
Stephanie Riegg Cellini