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Trump University, Part II

BY JONATHAN REES Did you know that Donald Trump has promised to create a free national online university if he gets to become president again? You can read the basics of his proposal in Politico: Donald Trump wants to “revolutionize” higher education if elected president. And in a new campaign policy video, he is pledging…

The Coming Jubilee and Past Harms

BY ANDREW ROSS In one of the great ironies of our times, Joe Biden, who did more than any other politician to make it harder for individuals to escape their credit card debts and student loans, is likely to discharge a significant chunk of education debt once he takes office in January.  The “compromise and…

A Defense of #FreeCollege

POSTED BY HANK REICHMAN Temple University professor Sara Goldrick-Rab probably knows and understands more about how real students today pay for — or are financially incapable of paying for — higher education than anyone else.  Her book, Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream, is one of the…