When researchers examined the outcomes for cases to discharge student loan debt, they found that judges are often biased against people based on their gender and other factors.
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Articles on Student Debt
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As federal student loan debt continues to rise, a number of scholars discuss how debt affects the nation’s college students, graduates and the economy as a whole.
A scholar of nutrition opens up with a personal take on food insecurity in America.
Congress first imposed a lifetime ban on discharging student loans through bankruptcy in 1998. Two scholars explain how that could change under a proposed law.
Colleges and universities are using federal money to clear their students’ debt. An economist explains who will benefit from this move.
Student loan debt has long been considered a drag on the economy. But will canceling it actually do much to spur spending? An economist weighs in.
Young people might take on a lot of debt without considering its consequences for their older years. A philosopher makes a case for laws to limit that debt as a duty toward self.
US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has resigned. Five experts comment on the impact she had on education.
President-elect Joe Biden promised to forgive some part of student debt. An ethicist considers what’s fair.
Canadians’ publicly funded post-secondary education system has been eroded over time, diminishing the promise it once held to protect people from poverty. We should demand change.
Taxpayers, including those paying tuition fees with FEE-HELP loans, can claim a deduction for self-education expenses that relate to the work they do. But graduates with a HECS-HELP debt can’t claim.
Students who fail units are highly likely to fail again without targeted assistance. But when universities intervene early to support these students, their rate of failure has been nearly halved.
Although the government has identified a real problem, its heavy-handed regulation would create unnecessary red tape for universities and exclude students who should get a second chance.
Two experts in higher education policy explain the high hurdles that must be cleared to use bankruptcy to escape crushing student loan debt.
West Texas A&M University President Walter Wendler set out to visit high school students throughout the Texas Panhandle and the South Plains with a simple message about student loans.
The income-based repayment plan that lets borrowers pay back student loans based on their salaries is in jeopardy. The problem? The program proved too popular.
Roughly 1 in 10 student loan borrowers end up in default on their loans. A scholar of higher education offers tips on how to make that less likely.
An economist takes a critical look at a proposal to tax Wall Street to pay off the nation’s student debt.
Student loan defaults have risen sharply, and the number-one reason is deceptive and misleading practices by for-profit institutions.
While net price calculators are meant to help students figure out how much a particular college will cost, a new study reveals that many colleges’ calculators distort the true cost of attendance.
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Heterodox Academy Member, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Higher Education, Seton Hall University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow of Educational Leadership and Policy, University of Texas Arlington
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Director, Policy Impact, College of Business and Economics, Australian National University
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Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University
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Fellow, Higher Education Program, Grattan Institute
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Associate Professor of Philosophy, Iowa State University
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Assistant Professor of Public Policy & Higher Education, Vanderbilt University
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Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Education and Law, Vanderbilt University
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Presidential Fellow, Texas State University
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Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University
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Vice-Chancellor, Deakin University
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Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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Executive Director, John Curtin Institute of Public Policy, Curtin University
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Executive Director, IRU, La Trobe University
