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Policy Proposals
April 26, 2017
Understanding and addressing teacher shortages in the United States
While there is a popular perception of a national teacher shortage, the authors demonstrate that teacher shortages are in fact localized and subject-specific. …
Policy Proposals
April 26, 2017
Labor force to lecture hall: Pell Grants and postsecondary policies in response to job loss
Currently, Pell Grants are designed to meet the needs of recent high school graduates. In this proposal, Turner explores the possibility of better tailoring Pe…
Policy Proposals
April 26, 2017
Increasing college completion with a federal higher education matching grant
The federal government largely invests in higher education through aid to students that aims to lower the effective price of college. However, Deming finds tha…
Policy Proposals
April 26, 2017
Improving college and career outcomes of low-performing high school students
In this proposal, the author shows that many students who perform at or below average in high school are not prepared for college and do not attain postseconda…
Economic Facts
April 26, 2017
Eight economic facts on higher education
In this set of eight facts, the Hamilton Project offers evidence of the economic value of a postsecondary education. These facts document who is enrolling in a…
Policy Proposals
April 26, 2017
A risk sharing proposal for student loans
In this paper, the authors propose a risk-sharing system for the student loan program. Institutions with low repayment rates, as measured by a new cohort-based…
Economic Facts
March 27, 2017
Twelve economic facts on energy and climate change
In this set of economic facts, The Hamilton Project and the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago provide useful context for a discussion of the…
Policy Proposals
March 27, 2017
The next generation of transportation policy
In this paper, Greenstone, Sunstein and Ori propose two major steps towards simplifying fuel efficiency standards and refocusing the program on achieving guara…