Playing the Merit Aid Game at Public Universities
Few private nonprofit colleges use their financial aid resources to make college more accessible and affordable for the neediest students.
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A Passion to Highlight Which Colleges Do Well by Low-Income Students
Read the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Q&A with “Undermining Pell” author Stephen Burd.
Colleges’ Pursuit of Prestige and Revenue Is Hurting Low-Income Students
An increasing number of colleges use their financial resources to fiercely compete for the “best and brightest”–and wealthiest–students.
Loan Forgiveness for Teachers: Let Us Count the Ways
Teachers have many options for repaying their student loans–indicative of duplication, confusion, and hard-to-access benefits.
Social Security and Unpaid Student Loans: What the Feds Won’t Tell You
155,000 people last year had their Social Security checks docked to pay off a delinquent student loan.
Jennifer Lawrence and the Sins of Animal House
Animal House instructed two generations of students that college was all about getting drunk and committing disgusting acts of perversion.
Public Service Loan Forgiveness: Big Benefits, Bad Incentives
Critics aren’t happy with inequalities in graduate degree programs like public service being subsidized by the government.
Fixing the finances, not the structure, of student loan servicing [UPDATED]
It pays to keep borrowers current and happy.
College Failures Have Left Graduates Economically Adrift
Kevin Carey writes in The New York Times about the economic price of an ineffective college education.