Sallie Mae (the Student Loan Marketing Association) was privatized in 1996, making it the first government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) to be spun off by the federal government with a sunset on its government charter. What has been the result and what can we learn from it? In a new study for...

Public officials are in danger of overlooking a prime opportunity to overhaul the college financing system.

Maria Koklanaris interviews Frederick M. Hess on student educational loans.

A hard look at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac suggest that privatization for these government-sponsored enterprises has become an attractive option.

The late Edward C. Banfield tested the conventional opinions of intellectual elite against the practical needs of ordinary people.