During President Obama’s State of the Union address Wednesday night, there was an odd moment where he seemed startled by the audience’s reaction to his proposal to enact a spending freeze starting in 2011. The assembled Republicans guffawed at this assertion, presumably mocking him for not enacting the freeze now. Obama appeared visibly taken aback, [...]
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Additional SOTU Thoughts
Kevin already has his reactions to last night’s State of the Union up here, but here are a couple of other observations about the parts of the speech with a bearing on higher education.
Help for Borrowers
As expected, President Obama proposed improvements to the income-based repayment program (IBR) that will cap monthly payments at 10 [...]
QUICK Hits: State of the Union Edition
Could K-12 education be one bright spot in an austere budget? (Politics K-12)
Duncan says the budget will force “hard choices” in education. So what does that mean? (Politico)
Is tonight’s SOTU a bold new initiative? Or a Race to the Middle? (Flypaper)
What do you know about previous State of the Union speeches? Quiz yourself. (CNN Politics)
Lowering Student Loan Default Rates: What One Consortium of Historically Black Institutions Did to Succeed 
College and Career-Ready: Using Outcomes Data to Hold High Schools Accountable for Student Success
03/11/10 | Kevin Carey is quoted on the rising costs of education in The Economist.
03/10/10 | Chad Aldeman's False Fronts paper is quoted on Accuracy in Academia.
03/09/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on Federal Family Education Loan defaults on The Huffington Post.
03/09/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on loan origination on the Firedog Lake blog.
03/07/10 | Kevin Carey calls for a Race to the Top in higher education in a column in The Chronicle of Higher Education.