Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published on the College Fix on July 14, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. The One Big Beautiful Bill that President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4 caps how much money graduate students can borrow from the federal […]
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The most consequential—and I think harmful—economist of the 20th century, John Maynard Keynes, uttered the expression headlining this article. Keynes believed public policy should concentrate on immediate, short-run problems. With that in mind, I have been part of American higher education for over six decades, and this is easily the most significant year in terms […]
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President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law on July 4th. This law is the most consequential legislation affecting higher education for the past couple of decades. Like any legislation, it was a product of compromise, but overall, as I predict, it will move higher education and the country in the right […]
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