A higher education reform policy Democrats and Republicans should be able to agree on.

Private colleges have fought against a federal system that would make data on graduation rates and employment outcomes available to students. This idea’s time may finally have arrived, however: Both parties have gotten behind it.

Student loan debt is exacerbating the wealth gap between wealthy students and their less well-off peers.

For-profit American colleges are making their money by preying on disadvantaged and mentally ill students.

As student debt is elevated to a nation crisis, the feds have become very aggressive—some might say abusive—about fighting bankruptcy cases from distressed borrowers. This has touched off a debate on whether the government has overstepped its bounds by going after students. It’s an ugly situation, but the real problem lies with the federal loans themselves.