OUT TODAY from @srcellini.bsky.social and Leonardo Restrepo @peerresearch.bsky.social: Where Did All the Ads Go? #highered advertising spending, especially TV, is down sharply since 2010, largely driven by spending declines in the #4profit sector. More trends: www.peer-center.org/research/whe...

#HigherEd researchers, call your offices! There's a new draft rule on student loan limits & repayment, and public comments are due March 2. Learn how to ensure your research is heard by @usdeptofed.bsky.social via PEER's @claremccann.bsky.social: www.peer-center.org/research/com...

🚨 Applications open for @PEERresearch.bsky.social Summer Scholars! 🚨 We'll host early-/mid-career scholars in DC from June 3-5, costs covered, to learn more about federal policymaking from scholars/experts who have been there. Applications due March 1! www.peer-center.org/research/sum...

@PEERresearch.bsky.social's @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social @claremccann.bsky.social, along with Adam Looney, wrote at @Brookings.edu how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act reshapes student lending through new borrowing caps, repayment plans, and more. www.brookings.edu/articles/how...

DYK: Many graduate students don't complete their programs, with completion rates similar to bachelor's-degree students? Learn more in this NEW @peerresearch.bsky.social policy brief out today from @jeffdenning.com and @lesleyturner.bsky.social. www.peer-center.org/research/gra...

Study up on Public Service Loan Forgiveness! Our @peerresearch.bsky.social Study Guide on PSLF was recently updated to include NEW data from @usdeptofed.bsky.social showing the average forgiveness amounts of Public Service Loan Forgiveness recipients. www.peer-center.org/research/stu...

New @peerresearch.bsky.social brief from @wytham88.bsky.social on impacts of federal funding interruptions for research labs: Gaps in federal funds mean lab staff--especially postdocs and grad students--work, earn, publish less, and even leave the U.S. altogether. www.peer-center.org/research/tal...

Following along with today's #negreg on #highered accountability? @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social has some technical advice for @usdeptofed.bsky.social about how to set the earnings threshold for graduate-level programs. www.peer-center.org/research/ear...

OUT TODAY: @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social, Monarrez, Ritter looked at new graduate loan limits. ➡️ One in three now borrow above the limits, esp doctoral/prof. degrees ➡️ Of those, almost 40% will struggle to get private loans ➡️ Variation by field of study www.peer-center.org/research/stu...

🚨NEW REPORT from @peerresearch.bsky.social: New #highered accountability standards are coming online, but gainful employment rules are an essential complement. Here's why, and what aligning America's outcomes-based standards could mean. Report: www.peer-center.org/research/ali... 1/

Calling all #highered researchers: @usdeptofed.bsky.social is writing regulations to implement changes to loan limits, student loan repayment, accountability, and more. Learn what it means to public comment like a pro with a @peerresearch.bsky.social event TOMORROW at 1 PM ET: bit.ly/3Kx7f2M.

From @PEERResearch.bsky.social: New graduate, parent loan limits will curtail borrowing for about one-third of borrowers. About $10 billion/yr will no longer be available to grad students (more when including new limits for part-time students), parents. www.peer-center.org/research/gra...

The new RAP plan authored by Congressional features suffers from the same bug… we discuss in this @peerresearch.bsky.social brief www.american.edu/spa/peer/upl...

Congress asked how to improve transparency about college costs and outcomes. Via @PEERresearch.bsky.social: ➡️ Codify financial value transparency data ➡️ Build a universal net price calculator ➡️ Fill gaps in the data infrastructure ➡️ Adopt strong accountability www.peer-center.org/research/col...

From @PEERresearch.bsky.social: We estimated how #highered programs measure up against the accountability standard in the reconciliation law. Overall, few programs fall short, but low-earning programs are concentrated in some schools, fields. www.peer-center.org/research/how...

@peerresearch.bsky.social's @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social has looked at the current borrowing levels across fields of study. Check out the attached (green dots for fields that fall in the new definition) for more on the average annual borrowing of the largest professional fields today. 2/

Many graduate borrowers will be affected not just by new annual and aggregate loan limits, but also by a new provision that prorates loan eligibility for part-time students. More in a recent PEER Center brief: www.american.edu/spa/peer/imp...

🚨 NEW from @PEERResearch.bsky.social: New graduate, parent loan limits will curtail borrowing for about one-third of borrowers. About $10 billion/yr will no longer be available to grad students (more when including new limits for part-time students), parents. www.american.edu/spa/peer/imp...

These 20 fields enroll 92 percent of federally aided students -- and with a few notable exceptions, most have <2% of their enrollment in programs that would lose loan eligibility under the new #highered law. Check it out: www.american.edu/spa/peer/one...

NEW from @PEERResearch.bsky.social: We estimated how #highered programs measure up against the accountability standard in the reconciliation law. Overall, few programs fall short, but low-earning programs are concentrated in some schools, fields. www.american.edu/spa/peer/one...

🚨The PEER Center is hiring! We currently have two positions posted (details below). We're a #highered research center (led by @srcellini.bsky.social @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social) focused on generating actionable research for state, federal policy. Put your data skills to work for an important purpose!

NEW: Most college graduates remain in-state after they complete -- even more among community college graduates -- and tend to move to higher-cost (and typically higher-wage) areas, particularly for grads of highly selective schools. www.american.edu/spa/peer/ear...

📣 @PEERresearch.bsky.social is hosting a virtual event TOMORROW, Sept. 18, 1-2 PM ET. We'll talk everything #highered in reconciliation, what happens next, and how researchers and scholars can engage in the Education Department's rulemaking process! REGISTER: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The typical borrower in four of the largest professional, half of the 30 largest master's programs will hit new graduate loan limits. @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social of @PEERresearch.bsky.social explained how an ROI-based approach to limits could have worked better. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

ICYMI: @PEERresearch.bsky.social is hosting a virtual event on 9/18, 1-2 PM ET. We'll talk everything #highered in reconciliation, what happens next, and how researchers and scholars can engage in the Education Department's rulemaking process! REGISTER: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

NEW from @PEERresearch.bsky.social: A Public Service Loan Forgiveness "study guide" to help you understand who qualifies for PSLF, who's applying, and what it means for policymakers. Check it out here! www.american.edu/spa/peer/pub...

As @usedgov.bsky.social implements a new #highered accountability law, @PEERResearch.bsky.social urged officials to: ➡️ Provide radically improved transparency ➡️ Maintain an earnings test for certificates, a debt-based test ➡️ Release already-collected data More: www.american.edu/spa/peer/rec...

This week, @PEERResearch.bsky.social submitted comments to @usedgov.bsky.social on its upcoming regulatory process to implement the #highered reconciliation law -- including urging the Department to maintain strong accountability and transparency rules. www.american.edu/spa/peer/rec...

The reconciliation law will fundamentally change the student loan landscape. As Congress considered it, @PEERResearch.bsky.social looked at what borrowers would owe on the new modified standard plan and the new (income-driven) Repayment Assistance Plan. Check it out: www.american.edu/spa/peer/hou...

The Postsecondary Education & Economics Research (PEER) Center generates actionable research to drive policy improvements in #highered. Check out peer-center.org and give us a follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/post... to learn more about our work!

Tuition caps or freezes in #highered are supposed to lower costs for students -- but a @PEERResearch.bsky.social brief by scholars Lois Miller and Minseon Park explains why that's not always the case. www.american.edu/spa/peer/upl...

As new grad. loan limits take effect, @PEERResearch.bsky.social dug into the data: ➡️ Health degrees account for nearly half of grad borrowing ➡️ High-debt fields typically have high median earnings ➡️ Typical borrowing varies, across schools and within programs www.american.edu/spa/peer/upl...

Federal loans for graduate school are being capped by the "Big Beautiful Bill". SPA Prof. and @peerresearch.bsky.social co-director @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social fears many won't be able to pursue graduate education as a result. Read: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/12/b... #SPAintheMedia

Excited to be at the @sheeoed.bsky.social conference on behalf of @peerresearch.bsky.social, catching up with old friends and learning more about all the #highered work happening in states across the country! Find me around the conference if you want to chat about PEER and our work!

This morning, PEER's @claremccann.bsky.social provided comments to @usedgov.bsky.social on its upcoming rulemaking to implement reconciliation, pointing to this PEER Center report in arguing for strong gainful employment and transparency rules to complement the law: www.american.edu/spa/peer/acc...

The recent reconciliation law requires short-term programs to pass a tuition-to-earnings test -- tuition charged must not exceed graduates' typical earnings, less 150 percent of the poverty level. @PEERResearch.bsky.social wrote about how that metric might work. www.american.edu/spa/peer/wor...

@PEERResearch.bsky.social looked at the new income-driven repayment plan (RAP) in the reconciliation law, set to come online soon. Higher payments on the plan for the lowest-income borrowers will increase hardship among those living in poverty and increase defaults. www.american.edu/spa/peer/rev...

@usedgov.bsky.social is planning a rulemaking on #highered accountability. Check out @peerresearch.bsky.social analysis of which programs fall short of the new reconciliation law's standards: www.american.edu/spa/peer/upl.... For researchers looking to get involved in the process, reach out to PEER!

PEER's @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social spoke with @CalMatters.org about how recent changes to graduate #highered loan limits could affect California medical school students, who often borrow more (across medical school and annually) than the new limits will allow. calmatters.org/health/2025/...

@jdmatsudaira.bsky.social spoke with @mzinshteyn.bsky.social @CalMatters.org re lawmakers' recent changes to med-school loan limits, noting the shift will likely "make it less likely for some of those students to be able to pursue graduate degrees than they are now." calmatters.org/health/2025/...

The new #highered reconciliation law will extend Pell Grants to short-term programs -- just 8-15 weeks. The guardrails (minimum standards for job placement, completion rates, earnings) won't do enough to protect against low-quality programs. @srcellini.bsky.social www.american.edu/spa/peer/wor...

Every Tuesday AM, @claremccann.bsky.social @peerresearch.bsky.social shares our weekly "What We're Tracking" newsletter -- chock-full of state and federal #highered news, policy, and analysis. Sign up today and you'll be in the know tomorrow! peer-center.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

Congress just passed a reconciliation package that codifies a new standard for #highered programs -- check out our latest from @claremccann.bsky.social @tiacaldwell.bsky.social @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social to see which programs fall short and what the policy leaves out. www.american.edu/spa/peer/upl...

Elements of #highered reconciliation changes fare slated to take effect soon -- and @peerresearch.bsky.social is here to help you see what's coming. Visit peer-center.org /follow us to see what changes to repayment, grad loan limits, accountability, short-term Pell will mean.

PEER PRESS - The reduction in force order at the @usedgov.bsky.social (ED) will create growing issues, with real consequences for transparency. @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social expects the quality of ED data will suffer without the usual people and processes: www.bestcolleges.com/news/educati...

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Adjusting for inflation, allowing $0 payments for the lowest-income borrowers, and providing earlier forgiveness. These are just a few of our suggestions for changes to the Repayment Assistance Plan proposed by the House and Senate. Read more here: www.american.edu/spa/peer/rev...

@jdmatsudaira.bsky.social and @tiacaldwell.bsky.social found in an analysis for @marketwatch.com that at least $4.3 billion per year in graduate borrowing today falls above the House #reconciliation proposal's annual limits. Private lenders may step in. www.marketwatch.com/story/republ...

As Congress wraps up reconciliation, colleges will have to start to grapple with these changes – slated to take effect one year from now(!) @peerresearch.bsky.social will be out in the coming weeks with more analysis, and some options for loan limits that work better for borrowers & taxpayers. END/

Last, for completeness, the 11 doctoral fields that round out the top 50. Again - big financing gaps [and, very likely, reclassification as prof programs (which is why we're already showing the limit applicable for those progs)] are going to be the norm for many students across many fields. 11/