This morning, Clare McCann of Postsecondary Education& Economics Research Center urged U.S. Department of Education ED Under Secretary to maintain the financial value transparency rules for #highered, ensuring students & policymakers have access to high-quality info about how much students pay for college and the payoff of their programs.

Graduate professional programs for medicine, dentistry, and law typically leave completers with over $100,000 in debt. But in many master's fields, most completing students borrow $41,000 or less. Find out which in our recent report on grad student debt: american.edu/spa/peer/uploa…

📣NEW op-ed in The Chronicle of Higher Education from Jordan Matsudaira of Postsecondary Education& Economics Research Center and Robert Gordon: #highered reconciliation policies require a strong Department of Education. DOGE is putting their execution out of reach. chronicle.com/article/on-stu…

.Jordan Matsudaira of Postsecondary Education& Economics Research Center spoke with Matthew Arrojas BestColleges about cuts to U.S. Department of Education research arm IES Research, noting “there are big risks that we’re either going to see delays or a dip in quality” of #highered data. bestcolleges.com/news/education…

NEW via Stephanie Riegg Cellini Postsecondary Education& Economics Research Center: Congress might offer Pell Grants to #highered programs as short as 8 weeks -- including at unaccredited schools. Research shows that's likely to be not only expensive to taxpayers, but enormously risky for students. american.edu/spa/peer/workf…

A great, informative new piece from my colleague Stephanie Riegg Cellini about an under-noticed piece slipped into the House #highered reconciliation package, and what the evidence base tells us about why it could be a dangerous idea.

.Postsecondary Education& Economics Research Center is excited to announce today that Rajeev Darolia is now a Senior Fellow with the Center! You can learn more about Raj, and about the PEER Center, here: american.edu/spa/peer/team.…. #highered

.@peerresearch's Stephanie Riegg Cellini told Inside Higher Ed that Congressional proposals to extend Pell Grants to short-term programs would "open the floodgates," and use "easily gameable" metrics for accountability. Read more: insidehighered.com/news/governmen…

Check out some of Postsecondary Education& Economics Research Center's latest work by Jordan Matsudaira Stephanie Riegg Cellini Tia Caldwell Clare McCann at peer-center.org -- and follow us on LinkedIn for more updates! linkedin.com/company/postse…

RECONCILIATION WATCH: Jordan Matsudaira, Tia Caldwell, Clare McCann weigh in on the House’s risk-sharing framework. Read more about the impact of risk-sharing -- and another approach to IDing unaffordable programs without the pitfalls: american.edu/spa/peer/house…

Reducing licensing requirements for cosmetology schools raises completion rates and lowers tuition, without harming earnings. Stephanie Riegg Cellini, Kathryn Blanchard, and Nicolás Acevedo Rebolledo examine the labor and education markets, exploring more here: nber.org/papers/w33936