Tag: Student Debt
Student loan cancellation got blocked. Now what? 3 questions answered
William Chittenden, Texas State University
When the Biden administration announced in August 2022 that it was canceling up to...
Student loan debt is crushing Americans – 4 essential reads
Alvin Buyinza, The Conversation and Jamaal Abdul-Alim, The Conversation
US$1.7 trillion. That’s how much college students and graduates owed...
Should there be a limit on how much debt a young...
Paul Schofield, Bates College
Young Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 owe over US$1 trillion in student...
Should there be a limit on how much debt a young...
Paul Schofield, Bates College
Young Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 owe over US$1 trillion in student...
Through her divisive rhetoric, Education Secretary DeVos leaves a troubled legacy...
Mark Hlavacik, University of North Texas; Dustin Hornbeck, University of Texas Arlington; Kevin Welner, University of Colorado Boulder; Nicholas Tampio, Fordham University, and Stanley...
The morality of canceling student debt
Kate Padgett Walsh, Iowa State University
President-elect Joe Biden promised to forgive at least some student debt during his campaign, and he now supports immediately...
Income-based repayment becoming a costly solution to student loan debt
Robert Kelchen, Seton Hall University
When Congress established the income-driven repayment for federal student loans back in 2007, it was touted as a way to...
New debit card for federal student loan borrowers could save money,...
Lewis Mandell, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
The U.S. Department of Education is about to pilot test a new debit card...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
