The president uses government leverage to extract equity stakes, profit-sharing deals, and special voting rights from major corporations. These are familiar tools—but Trump’s unchecked dealmaking could be disastrous.
The president’s parade of ad hoc deals with companies benefits his political allies and punishes enemies, but doesn’t enhance national greatness.
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A new report makes a nuanced case for what post-secondary graduates need to get ahead.
Congress finally opened Pell Grants to short-term job training. Now states have to build the systems that can tell which programs actually work.
High costs, political attacks take a toll as fewer students come, top scholars leave.
New survey data suggests that more Americans might see the value of a degree if schools simplified their pricing systems.
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