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Explore the debate and science of Accountability.

July 8, 2025

The Education Shake Up

Kali Jerrard

The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” became law, so what does it mean for higher education?

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July 1, 2025

Presidents in the Hot Seat

Kali Jerrard

The past six months have made one thing clear: the role of college president is no longer safe from political or public accountability.

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May 7, 2025

House Education Committee and Commonsense Student Loan Reform: Nice Start, But More Change Needed

Teresa R. Manning

The House GOP's Student Success Plan tackles bloated college costs and debt with repayment reform, school accountability, and loan caps—but deeper change is still needed.

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April 8, 2025

DEI Isn't Dead

Kali Jerrard

Academia is pushing back against anti-DEI directives by the Trump administration.

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December 10, 2024

Education Priorities for Trump: Yes to Excellence and Accountability, No to Ideology and Business as Usual

Teresa R. Manning

The National Association of Scholars calls for Trump’s education policies to prioritize excellence, accountability, and school responsibility for student loans while rejecting ideological influe......

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February 14, 2024

A Comment on the College Cost Reduction Act

Teresa R. Manning

The College Cost Reduction Act is a decent starting point to address escalating costs in American higher education, but it is not a home run. 

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December 11, 2023

Claudine Gay Should Go

Peter Wood and David Randall

The National Association of Scholars calls on the Harvard Corporation to remove Claudine Gay from Harvard College’s presidency, for a myriad of reasons.

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