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Most Americans earn their bachelor's degrees at public universities, and it's easy to see why.

Adjusted for inflation, state support for each full-time public-college student declined by 26.1 percent from 1990 to 2010, forcing students and their families to shoulder more of the cost of higher education at a time when family incomes were largely stagnant, according to a report released on Monday by the think tank Demos.

I have often thought, “If education is expensive, try ignorance.”

States have disinvested in public higher education and students have been stuck paying the tag.

In the federal student loan market, the government is the lender, and therefore is in a position to reduce the overall burden on the borrower.

We need a return to valuing equity in higher education.

Put simply, how do we square that “college is worth it” from the increasing body of evidence that student debt is not necessarily good debt? The unsatisfying answer, of course, is that it depends.

Demos experts weigh in on the myths and mistruths inherent in the 2020 State of the Union

Bloomberg has quietly begun to roll out a series of policy proposals, and this week, it was higher education’s turn. His plan says a lot about where consensus currently is—and is not.

New York, NY — A growing number of young students are turning to more affordable community colleges for their higher education, but only an alarming two out of five finish a degree within six years of enrollment, according to a new report published today.