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NEWS BRIEFS: Coalition Calls on Pres-Elect Biden to Cancel Student Debt

FROM INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION: “A coalition of 236 mostly progressive groups, including close allies like the American Federation of Teachers …

by Future U/ November 20, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: New ACE Report Reveals Demographic Disparities in Ability to Pay Student Debt

FROM INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION: “The ‘most striking part’” of the report was differences in how difficult it is for underrepresented …

by Future U/ November 17, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Average State of Michigan Grad Leaves College $35k in Debt

“In just five years, the average student loan debt of Michigan college graduates soared 29 percent to an average of …

by Future U/ February 14, 2020/ Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVE: Stance of this University President Belies Reality of Student Debt in America

Imagine the reactions of students and families with student debt burdens as they read the self-serving spin woven by this …

by Frank Fear/ February 9, 2020/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Why Aren’t More College Trustees Concerned About Issues Facing Students and Families?

A new national survey of college/university trustees reveals they are very concerned about the future of higher education, but mostly …

by Future U/ January 29, 2020/ News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Students Having Increasing Difficulty Paying Down College Loan Debt

Student loan debt nationally is at $1.6 trillion and growing. “About two in three college seniors who graduated from public …

by Future U/ January 19, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: How ‘Degree Inflation’ Is Fueling the Student Debt Crisis

You’ve no doubt heard it before, “a college degree today is like what a high school used to be.” That’s …

by Future U/ September 24, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: One Way That College Costs Have Changed America

“Paying for college…has fundamentally changed the experience of being middle class in this country.” Read more in Caitlin Zaloom’s important …

by Future U/ August 30, 2019/ Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: Are Income Sharing Agreements All That They Are Cracked Up To Be?

“I’m very worried for students,” said Julie Margetta Morgan of the Roosevelt Institute. Read more from CNBC

by Future U/ August 26, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Many College Students Experience This Draconian Bargain

What is it? It’s accumulating student debt without earning a degree. According to The National Student Clearinghouse, 25% of students …

by Future U/ August 16, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: California Evaluates “Student Borrowers Bill of Rights”

Californian’s carry over $141 billion (with a b) dollars of student debt. Suzanne Martindale describes what CA is trying to …

by Future U/ August 6, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: The Economic Skinny on ‘Tuition-Free’ Public Higher Ed

The analysis is courtesy of David Deming, Kennedy School, Harvard University. Read more from The New York Times.

by Future U/ July 22, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: ‘Stop Treating Community Colleges Like Ugly Stepsisters’ (commentary)

Says Michelle Singletary. Read more from The Telegram.

by Future U/ July 21, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: California Seeks Doctors Without Debt

“California will spend $340 million paying off doctors’ debts using Proposition 56 tobacco tax revenue. This month, the state offered …

by Future U/ July 17, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Trump Administration Axes Obama-Era Rule That Protected Students Against Predatory Higher Ed

On Friday, “the Trump administration revoked a rule that terminated federal funding for-profit college programs that consistently left graduates with …

by Future U/ June 30, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/