14 The Student Debt Wall

 

Sources

Reforming Student Loans and Tax Credits (National Affairs)

Is Treasury Best Suited to Handle Student Financial Aid? (Washington Post)

Refinancing Isn’t the Solution to Student Loan Woes (Forbes)

States Require More Disclosure on Student Loans (Wall Street Journal)

Number of Students Applying for Federal Aid Rises 6% (Wall Street Journal)

Experiments with a New Way of Paying for College (Inside Higher Ed)

A New Way to Pay for College Gets a Boost in Congress (Forbes)

 

Further Reading

Chief of Federal Student-Aid Programs Resigns Ahead of Hearing (Wall Street Journal)

DeVos Appointee to Head Student-Loan Program Has Done His Homework (Wall Street Journal)

Why Government Doesn't Profit From Student Loans (Forbes)

Small-Business Owners Make the Case For Helping Employees Repay Student Loans (Washington Post)

Debt Without Degree: Students Drown in Debt Despite a $524 Million State Surplus (Hechinger Report)

Education Department Delivers a Troubling Message About Its Loan Forgiveness Program

(Washington Post)

Trump Administration Is Sitting on Tens of Thousands of Student Debt Forgiveness Claims

(Washington Post)

New Tools, New Safeguards: Why Traditional Loan Protections Don’t Work for Income Share Agreements—and What Should Replace Them (American Enterprise Institute)

Reforming Need-Based Aid (National Affairs)

Winners and Losers in President Trump’s Student Loan Plan (Brookings)

Why Did The Top Student Aid Official Under Betsy DeVos Resign? (National Public Radio)