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The student loans system is just another source of financial gender inequality.
A new survey shows that people with advanced degrees make more money starting out on the same jobs as those with just bachelor's degrees. But there's more to the story, two sociologists note.
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.
African American students are taking on significantly more debt than white students to earn advanced degrees. Is it worth it?
Tailored strategies to address students' finances, academic success and socio-emotional connections with an institution or program can help keep students in school.
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.
A recent gift by billionaire Robert Smith to pay off the student loans of 2019 graduates of Morehouse points to the potential of America's black elite to pay off all black students' college loans.
Despite the headline cut in fees, under the Augar review, students would on average be paying more.
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.
Through "risk-sharing," colleges could be on the hook to help pay back student loans if too many students default. A scholar who studies the ethics of debt examines how risk-sharing could backfire.
Millennials are more financially conservative than their high debt balances might suggest.
Children in England are among the most tested and unhappiest in the western world.
A new debit card being issued to federal student loan borrowers on a trial basis may save them time and money, but it could also enable a bank to study their spending to sell them more products.
Although many feared that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos would destroy public education, a review of the past two years shows that much of her policy agenda has failed.
A higher education professor explains the complex rules behind Public Service Loan Forgiveness, a program meant to provide debt relief to student loan borrowers who went into public service jobs.
In order to avoid colleges where graduates owe so much and earn so little that they can hardly pay back their student loans, students should ask these key questions about any college they plan to attend.
The proposed PROSPER Act would change the way student financial aid is doled out and how student loans are paid back.
As a minister in the coalition government, Willetts introduced £9,000 tuition fees. In an interview as he publishes a new book, he says the system is well-designed and fair.
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Honorary Senior Fellow, Centre for Vocational and Educational Policy, University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Higher Education, Seton Hall University
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Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne
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Fellow, Higher Education Program, Grattan Institute
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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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Gavin Moodie is a Friend of The Conversation.
Adjunct professor, RMIT University
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Professor of Vocational and Higher Education, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Birmingham
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Research economist, Institute for Fiscal Studies
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Professor of Higher Education Studies, UCL
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Mitchell Professorial Fellow, Victoria University
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Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, University of San Francisco
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Professor of Education, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
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Instructor, Miami University
