Policy

This new year, students can make smarter choices on higher education

By Anna Miller

January 3, 2022

The pandemic’s disruption of the traditional college experience combined with daunting prospects of student loan debt have left students wondering: Is college really worth it? From an economic perspective, the answer is yes. Higher education still has the ability to be an engine of upward mobility, opening up new opportunities to students. But these outcomes […]

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Make 2022 a year for being fearless

By Wayne Hoffman, IFF’s former President

January 3, 2022

A number of years ago, a friend advised me that one must never say these words in sequence in public: "The government should not be in the education business." I didn't listen. My new year’s resolution is all about being fearless, saying a lot of other things that need to be said but aren't. The […]

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Business advocacy groups should learn from the data which degrees are bad bets

By Anna Miller

December 20, 2021

Idaho students, parents, businesses, and taxpayers rely on universities to produce graduates ready to contribute and compete in the workforce and lead fulfilling lives. Dozens of programs at public universities do so, but dozens more leave their students with dangerous levels of student loan debt and taxpayers on the hook when graduates default on their […]

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Let’s lift up Idahoans by getting government out of the way

By Wayne Hoffman, IFF’s former President

December 17, 2021

Ronald Reagan famously used to say, “Government is not the solution to the problem. Government is the problem.” Contrary to what Marty Trillhaase told readers of the Lewiston Tribune on Dec. 8, this was the point of my speech to the Kootenai County Republican Women. It was not, as Trillhaase reported, a State of the […]

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Women and men could use a break from government college peddlers and careerism

By Wayne Hoffman, IFF’s former President

December 13, 2021

When my daughter and son attended Idaho’s government-run schools, they were routinely cajoled to enroll in college. My daughter’s public charter school class was small enough that each student’s post-high school plans were read aloud along with their names at graduation. All but two graduates in a class of about 45 indicated they planned to […]

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Bad Returns: How Idaho college degrees fare on debt-earnings tests

By Anna Miller

December 7, 2021

Students and parents no longer need to ask, “Is college worth it?” The latest report by the Idaho Freedom Foundation’s Center for American Education explains the financial prospects of studying in a particular field at Idaho’s colleges. Stakeholders deserve to know which programs are serving students well and which should be held accountable by policymakers […]

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Idaho’s colleges and universities should face major consequences for disregarding lawmakers

By Wayne Hoffman, IFF’s former President

December 3, 2021

A year ago, I wrote that there should be hell to pay for Idaho’s colleges’ and universities' continued advancement of a clearly left-wing social justice agenda. Thankfully, our state’s elected representatives and senators agreed that they needed to act in order to get the higher education system back on track and under control. Lawmakers voted […]

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Education Freedom Pledge reveals which lawmakers, governors support choice in education

By Kaitlyn Shepherd

November 22, 2021

The results of Virginia’s recent gubernatorial race show that supporting parental rights in education can be a winning campaign strategy. On November 2, Virginia parents clearly rejected the contention that they have no role to play in determining what their children learn in public schools. They stood up for their right to direct the education […]

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Loyalty oaths come to Idaho’s universities with faculty “diversity statements”

By Anna Miller

November 22, 2021

The commitment to Critical Social Justice (CSJ) on America’s college campuses does not waver. It may go underground for a while, it may be difficult to detect for a while, but it is ongoing and persistent. Pauses mean a gathering of forces followed by bursts of action. At Idaho’s universities, there is a pause in […]

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Lawmakers fail to protect Idahoans from forced vaccinations

By Dustin Hurst

November 17, 2021

Idaho Freedom Foundation Vice President Dustin Hurst issued the following statement upon the adjournment of the 2021 legislation session: Idaho lawmakers failed at their most sacred task: protecting the rights of Gem State citizens. On Wednesday, lawmakers finished their elongated 2021 session. Let’s look at their accomplishments. Did they do anything to protect the medical […]

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Brad Little should follow the Constitution; lieutenant governor is governor while he’s out of state

By Wayne Hoffman, IFF’s former President

November 15, 2021

It’s been well understood since statehood that our Constitution plainly says that when the governor is out of state, he no longer exercises the power of the office. That power moves to the lieutenant governor until the governor returns. The wording of the state Constitution has never been in doubt. Its clarity is such that […]

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Four solid ideas for the state’s budget surplus

By Wayne Hoffman, IFF’s former President

November 12, 2021

Idaho Gov. Brad Little and the Legislature have an incredible — and maybe once-in-a-generation opportunity — to use the budget gargantuan surplus to rid the state of one or more albatrosses around residents’ necks. These albatrosses are, in no particular order: The state’s progressive income tax Property taxes The grocery tax Federal control of public […]

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Policy

This new year, students can make smarter choices on higher education

Make 2022 a year for being fearless

Business advocacy groups should learn from the data which degrees are bad bets

Let’s lift up Idahoans by getting government out of the way

Women and men could use a break from government college peddlers and careerism

Bad Returns: How Idaho college degrees fare on debt-earnings tests

Idaho’s colleges and universities should face major consequences for disregarding lawmakers

Education Freedom Pledge reveals which lawmakers, governors support choice in education

Loyalty oaths come to Idaho’s universities with faculty “diversity statements”

Lawmakers fail to protect Idahoans from forced vaccinations

Brad Little should follow the Constitution; lieutenant governor is governor while he’s out of state

Four solid ideas for the state’s budget surplus

Latest Research

Idaho Freedom Index

Policy

This new year, students can make smarter choices on higher education

Make 2022 a year for being fearless

Business advocacy groups should learn from the data which degrees are bad bets

Let’s lift up Idahoans by getting government out of the way

Women and men could use a break from government college peddlers and careerism

Bad Returns: How Idaho college degrees fare on debt-earnings tests

Idaho’s colleges and universities should face major consequences for disregarding lawmakers

Education Freedom Pledge reveals which lawmakers, governors support choice in education

Loyalty oaths come to Idaho’s universities with faculty “diversity statements”

Lawmakers fail to protect Idahoans from forced vaccinations

Brad Little should follow the Constitution; lieutenant governor is governor while he’s out of state

Four solid ideas for the state’s budget surplus

Latest Research

Idaho Freedom Index

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