Postsecondary Education & Economics Research Center
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Accountability for All Programs: Aligning America’s Outcomes-Based Standards — PEER Center
For more than a decade, higher education policymakers have contemplated ways to hold postsecondary education programs responsible for ensuring adequate outcomes of their graduates. The most significan...
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🚨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/
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
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➡️ 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
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Student Loans for Graduate School: Who Will Be Affected by the New Federal Lending Limits? — PEER Center
This report was published through the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s Consumer Finance Institute. A key provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025, signed into law in July 2025,…
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December 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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...
➡️ 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/
Accountability for All Programs: Aligning America’s Outcomes-Based Standards — PEER Center
For more than a decade, higher education policymakers have contemplated ways to hold postsecondary education programs responsible for ensuring adequate outcomes of their graduates. The most significan...
www.peer-center.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
🚨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.
December 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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...
How Will Graduate Student and Parent Borrowing Be Affected by New Federal Loan Limits? — PEER Center
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) that became law this past July included significant changes affecting the way Americans will pay for higher education. Since 2006, both graduate students and…
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December 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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...
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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...
November 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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
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➡️ 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...
PEER Center Comments: College Costs and Value Transparency — PEER Center
College affordability and value are issues on the minds of policymakers on both sides of the aisle, as well as prospective students and their families. Additionally, recent legislation from Congress,…
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November 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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...
➡️ 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...
How Do College Programs Measure Up Against the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s New Accountability Standard? — PEER Center
In July, Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) that included significant changes to the federal government’s role in funding higher education. Among them is a new accountability…
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November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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...
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@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/
November 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
@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...
October 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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...
Impact of New Graduate and Parent Loan Limits
Based on our analysis of recent borrowing levels, OBBBA’s new loan limits will curtail borrowing for about one-third of both all parent and all graduate student borrowers. Read more.
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October 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🚨 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...
October 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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...
October 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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!
October 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
🚨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...
September 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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...
REGISTRATION: PEER Center Virtual Event on Reconciliation
Earlier this year, Congress passed a reconciliation law (a.k.a. the One Big Beautiful Bill) that will substantially reshape the higher education sector. The U.S. Department of Education is now moving…
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September 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
📣 @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...
Loan Caps Could Force Students Into Private Market
Multiple analyses show that in certain programs, like dentistry, as many as half of students may need to take out more debt than a new federal limit allows.
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September 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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...
September 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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...
September 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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...
➡️ 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...
September 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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...
➡️ 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...
August 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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...
August 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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!
August 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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...
August 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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...
➡️ 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...
August 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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...
➡️ 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...
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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
Colleges and universities in Mass. embraced graduate education. That may be a problem now. - The Boston Globe
Universities that rely on advanced degrees as a lucrative — and in some cases, essential — source of revenue are preparing to bear the consequences.
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August 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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