The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity

Registration is now open for the Freedom Conservatism 2025 Conference in Washington, D.C., this February! ??? Date: Monday, February 24, 2025 ?? Location: National Press Club, 529 14th St NW, Washington, D.C. Please join us for our inaugural one-day annual conference. It will be the year’s premier gathering of those who are advancing liberty across America and in our nation’s capital. Find out more and register here: https://lnkd.in/ew4yqkJt?

Thanks to The Deseret News for posting this op-ed written by FREOPP's?Michael Tanner: Utah must lead on welfare reform to address benefits cliffs https://lnkd.in/ehG3njWZ The column is based off Tanner's report that you can read here https://lnkd.in/emZwb8Cx

FREOPP's Dan Lips explains in four graphs why disadvantaged children in Texas need education savings accounts https://lnkd.in/eNwQ5u7r

Recently, the NIH decided to limit indirect rates to 15 percent causing considerable divide. In his latest blog FREOPP’s Jackson Mejia explains what capping overhead funding would do https://lnkd.in/ePKgwiDE

The Trump administration is showing it will use trade as leverage to advance domestic policy goals. So far, it is working writes FREOPP Resident Fellow Michael Toth for The Hill https://lnkd.in/eu4a-rgM

FREOPP's Grant Rigney weighs in on the NIH funding debate and agrees that overpaying America's richest universities is a waste of taxpayer dollars and diverts money from actual science https://lnkd.in/erBHE_mg

In our latest newsletter, FREOPP's Dan Lips writes that Congress should answer the American education crisis revealed by NAEP https://lnkd.in/dDUpC_KQ Stay up to date on FREOPP's work by subscribing to the Substack here https://lnkd.in/e75KgysA

FREOPP Visiting Fellow Aparna Mathur gave her thoughts about Friday's jobs report that includes key metrics to track where some are showing improvements over time and others a marginal deterioration https://lnkd.in/d2dm7Wkn

Check out the latest paper by FREOPP and Preston Cooper: How State Governments Can Fight Degree Inflation States can change their hiring practices and dismantle unnecessary degree requirements in occupational licensing rules https://lnkd.in/eYdrHgF4

In FREOPP's latest substack states can fight degree inflation (and they should). Plus: Making outcomes-based funding work in higher ed; how school choice fared at the ballot box; and ways that DOGE can improve the U.S. welfare system https://lnkd.in/eFNHrvAn Stay up to date on FREOPP's work by subscribing to the Substack here https://lnkd.in/e75KgysA