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.
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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.
Alternative scenarios for tertiary funding in South Africa are set out in a completely separate report from the Davis Tax Committee drawing from work done by the higher education department.
Republican lawmakers say the proposed changes to the tax code would 'streamline' higher ed benefits. But this overhaul would squeeze many, if not most, students and schools.
Work placements are leaving many students with high debts.
Students across the country have been defrauded by for-profit schools. Fine print in their enrollment contracts has stopped them from bringing their cases to court, but new rules could help.
From student loans to Title IX, Betsy DeVos has had a busy six months in office. But despite numerous reversals of Obama-era guidelines, little has come in the way of tangible policy.
About 44 million Americans are still paying off student loan debt. But it didn't always used to be this way. As the perceived purpose of a college education changed, so too did the way we pay for it.
The current system disproportionately limits opportunities for young people from low-income backgrounds.
More than half of American families aren't able to save a dime to cover the cost of college, and the 529 college savings plan has done almost nothing to change that.
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Honorary Senior Fellow, Centre for Vocational and Educational Policy, University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, 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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Assistant Professor of Higher Education, Seton Hall University
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Director, Policy Impact, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Higher Education Program Director, Grattan Institute
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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
