Students rated their financial literacy quite low, which means many students who have managed to secure a place at university don’t believe they understand about debt.
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New research shows the risk that students’ won’t complete their course goes down if they have to pay more for it.
Parents, government officials, and tuition-paying students are all seeking solutions to the skyrocketing costs of higher education and the burden of student debt. Currently, public universities in America…
As students take to the streets calling for free higher education, a spotlight is being shone again on the sustainability of England’s higher education system. While much of the debate centres around financial…
Students should be given a lifetime loan allocation that they can use for different undergraduate and postgraduate courses, according to new proposals put forward by a group of universities. The University…
Until now, student debt in Australia has been relatively modest, with low repayment rates, low indexation and high repayment thresholds. This won’t be the case if the government proceeds with changes mooted…
The government could save A$800 million a year by recovering unpaid student loan debts from deceased estates and students who have moved overseas, a new report from the Grattan Institute has found. “Doubtful…
The cost of the national student loan debt held by the federal government has gathered pace to pop the A$30 billion mark, perpetuating rumours that a debt sale could be on the cards. Should that happen…
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Honorary Senior Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Higher Education, Seton Hall University
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Associate Professor of Finance, Texas State University
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Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Memphis
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Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Philosophy, Iowa State University
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Director, Policy Impact, College of Business and Economics, Australian National University
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Assistant Professor of Public Policy & Higher Education, Vanderbilt University
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Fellow, Higher Education Program, Grattan Institute
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Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Education and Law, Vanderbilt University
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Vice Chancellor, University of Liverpool
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Research Fellow at the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education, Curtin University
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Research economist, Institute for Fiscal Studies
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Chief executive, University Alliance
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Executive Director, John Curtin Institute of Public Policy, Curtin University
