Rebuilding America’s Institutions, Financial Pr iorities for the Biden Administration, and More

November 10, 2020

The damage that President Trump has done to political norms, government, and society at large will not be reversed as soon as he leaves office. John Hudak examines the president’s imprint on American institutions and argues that rebuilding will require time and patience from the country.

When President-elect Biden enters the White House in 2021, he will inherit an economy that has been deeply damaged by COVID-19. In addition to getting the pandemic under control, Aaron Klein lays out a series of actions that the next administration can take to fix key problems in the U.S. financial system.

Undergraduate enrollment in for-profit colleges is up 3% over last year, in stark contrast to a 9% decline in public community college enrollment. Stephanie Riegg Cellini writes that the combined effects of a pandemic-induced recession, campus closures, and Trump administration deregulation efforts have created a perfect storm for a resurgence of the for-profit sector.

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