Cash Management Rule Maximizes Student Access to Financial Aid Dollars
Young Americans are disproportionately disconnected from the financial mainstream. The share of Americans ages 15 to 24 without bank accounts is double the national average, and they are often more...
View ArticleProposed Student Loan Repayment Plan Would Extend the Same Income-Based Terms...
REPAYE would improve on previous income-driven repayment plans by targeting benefits toward low-income borrowers while also keeping costs reasonable. The post Proposed Student Loan Repayment Plan Would...
View ArticleA New Vision for National Service in Higher Education
Under the CAP proposal, colleges and universities would establish service programs that award college credit for service opportunities that directly relate to a student’s area of study. The post A New...
View ArticleInitial Analysis of College Scorecard Earnings and Repayment Data
For colleges that do a good job, the data are a chance to bring recognition not normally bestowed by publications such as U.S. News & World Report, which is known for producing an annual ranking of...
View ArticleWe Already Cleaned up the Student Loan Mess—Let’s Not Do It Again
Now, however, it appears that some members of Congress have amnesia and want to reverse the process by selling federal student loans—both federally owned FFEL loans and federal direct student loans—to...
View ArticleCapped Out: Low Spending Limits, Pell Grants, and the Future of Labor and...
If Congress does not take action in the coming years, continued unnecessary austerity will force billions of dollars in cuts to either Pell Grants or other programs in the departments of Labor, Health...
View ArticleThe Red Tape Ruse
Don't buy the argument that colleges are being buried under a wave of unreasonable regulations. The post The Red Tape Ruse appeared first on Higher Ed, Not Debt.
View ArticleIllinois Budget Battle Jeopardizes College Access and Affordability
If left unresolved, this budget battle will be the final nail in the coffin of affordable public higher education in a state that has been undermining its public colleges for years. It is also proof...
View ArticleLooking in All the Wrong Places: How the Monitoring of Colleges Misses What...
This report and its accompanying online resources offer the first behind the scenes, public view of the audits being used to monitor colleges receiving taxpayer funding. In particular, it looks at...
View ArticleAnnual Paperwork Should Not Stand in the Way of Affordable Student-Loan Payments
Multiyear authorization could easily fix a common problem that makes it hard for student borrowers to keep their income-based payment plans.
View ArticleTrump’s Higher Education Budget Robs More Than $5 Billion From Low-Income...
Broadly speaking, President Donald Trump’s so-called “America First” budget robs needy students of more than $5 billion in support and takes us further away from the prospect of an America that is...
View ArticleFilling the Void: New CFPB Collection Could Help Protect Student Loan Borrowers
On April 24, the Center for American Progress submitted a letter to the CFPB expressing support for the new data collection as a necessary step to identify barriers to successful loan repayment and to...
View ArticleTrump’s Budget Is a Cynical Attack on College Students and Borrowers
It’s one thing to claim to “love the poorly educated,” as President Donald Trump once declared. It’s another to re-engineer American society to become much more poorly educated. But that’s exactly what...
View ArticleThe Trump Administration’s Lousy Gifts to Grads
On Saturday, President Donald Trump delivered a commencement address before thousands of graduates at Liberty University in Virginia. While the speech provided those in caps and gowns with words of...
View ArticleWhat Do College Students Really Look Like?
71% of part-time students are on their own financially. Just one more barrier to a timely degree.
View ArticleMore Time for ACICS Schools Puts Students and Taxpayers in Harm’s Way
While it is unknown exactly what will come of this provision and how it might change as it works through the legislative process, one thing is certain: If left unchanged, students are about to find out...
View ArticleThe Student Loan Default Crisis for Borrowers With Children
Nearly half of undergraduates raising families default on their loans—and most of them are single parents.
View Article5 Facts About the Proposed Student Loan Repayment System
The Department of Education is about to move forward with a new student loan repayment system that will dictate how borrowers repay their loans for decades to come. Colleen Campbell of the Center for...
View ArticleFour Principles for a Free Community College Program That Works for All
Policymakers looking at free or debt free college plans must also ensure their proposals are not overly restrictive or based on inaccurate assumptions about students. Sara Garcia at the Center for...
View ArticleThe Lawsuits Challenging DeVos’ Anti-Student Higher Education Agenda
A coalition of advocacy groups, civil rights organizations, and state attorneys general have pushed back against Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos in her attempts to eliminate vital regulations...
View Article