student loans Archives - Higher Education Today https://www.higheredtoday.org/topic/student-loans/ A Blog by ACE Mon, 09 Sep 2024 14:15:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.higheredtoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/apple-touch-icon-150x150.png student loans Archives - Higher Education Today https://www.higheredtoday.org/topic/student-loans/ 32 32 Surprising Trends in College Costs and Student Debt https://www.higheredtoday.org/2024/09/09/surprising-trends-in-college-costs-and-student-debt/ Mon, 09 Sep 2024 14:15:53 +0000 https://www.higheredtoday.org/?p=28843 Title: How Much Does College Cost, and How Does It Relate to Student Borrowing?: Tuition Growth and Borrowing Over the Past 30 Years Author: Adam Looney Source: Brookings Institution A recent report from the Brookings Institution challenges conventional wisdom about rising college costs and student debt. Using data from the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS), the author constructed an index ...

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]]> Breaking the Debt Spiral of Federal Student Loan Default https://www.higheredtoday.org/2024/05/20/breaking-the-debt-spiral-of-federal-student-loan-default/ Mon, 20 May 2024 17:02:46 +0000 https://www.higheredtoday.org/?p=28689 Title: The Federal Student Loan Default System Keeps Families in Poverty. Here’s How to Stop It. Source: The Institute for College Access & Success The Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS) has issued a brief examining the effects of the federal student loan default system on borrowers who have already faced financial difficulties. This system, rather than aiding in their ...

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]]> Rethinking Student Debt in the Age of the SAVE Plan https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/11/03/rethinking-student-debt-in-the-age-of-the-save-plan/ Fri, 03 Nov 2023 15:21:48 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=18026 Title: The SAVE Plan for Student Loan Repayment: Which Fields and Colleges Benefit Most? Author: Jason Delisle and Jason Cohn Source: The Urban Institute A new report from the Urban Institute examines how the Biden administration’s proposed Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan for income-driven repayment (IDR) of federal student loans will impact borrowers across fields of study and higher ...

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]]> How Campuses Can Help Prepare Borrowers for the Resumption of Student Loan Repayments https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/05/15/how-campuses-can-help-prepare-borrowers-for-the-resumption-of-student-loan-repayments/ Mon, 15 May 2023 16:53:22 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17937 Title: Resumption of Loan Repayment: Task Force Report Authors: National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) recently released a report providing guidance to college and university leaders on how to support borrowers waiting for their student loan repayments to resume or those beginning repayment. NASFAA created a task force of administrators from ...

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]]> Report Looks at How Student Debt Impacts the Mental Health of Black Borrowers https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/08/15/report-looks-at-how-student-debt-impacts-the-mental-health-of-black-borrowers/ Mon, 15 Aug 2022 18:57:48 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17842 Title: Student Debt Is Harming the Mental Health of Black Borrowers Author: Victoria Jackson & Jalil B. Mustaffa Source: The Education Trust   The Education Trust recently released its second of four reports focused on the challenges identified through qualitative data from the National Black Student Debt Study. The first report highlighted how Black women in particular experience student debt. This ...

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]]> How to Reimagine Student Loan Servicing and Repayment https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/06/10/how-to-reimagine-student-loan-servicing-and-repayment/ Fri, 10 Jun 2022 16:53:03 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17817 Title: Protecting Borrowers and Advancing Equity: Systemic Solutions to Improve Federal Student Loan Servicing and Repayment Source: National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) recently released a new report providing systemic solutions to improve student loan repayment in the United States. Noting that the level of outstanding student debt—$1.6 trillion—has reached the ...

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]]> New Report Highlights the Inequity in Black Women’s Experiences With Student Debt https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/05/09/new-report-highlights-the-inequity-in-black-womens-experiences-with-student-debt/ Mon, 09 May 2022 03:09:04 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17797 Title: How Black Women Experience Student Debt Authors: Victoria Jackson and Brittani Williams   Source: The Education Trust   A new report released by The Education Trust sheds light on how Black women experience student debt and offers policy suggestions to make college more affordable for future students. This report is the first in a series of four reports forthcoming from ...

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]]> Data Suggest a Possible Increase in Student Loan Delinquencies Once Forbearance Ends https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/04/18/data-suggest-a-possible-increase-in-student-loan-delinquencies-once-forbearance-ends/ Mon, 18 Apr 2022 14:32:25 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17785 Title: Student Loan Repayment During the Pandemic Forbearance   Authors: Jacob Goss, Daniel Mangrum, and Joelle Scally Source: Liberty Street Economics – Federal Reserve Bank of New York The COVID-19 pandemic created financial uncertainty for many student borrowers. The Biden administration has postponed the repayment of federal loans multiple times throughout the pandemic for a subsection of borrowers, most recently through ...

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]]> NASPA Report Explores the Future of Student Affairs https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/04/11/naspa-report-explores-the-future-of-student-affairs/ Mon, 11 Apr 2022 14:19:16 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17779 Title: The Compass Report:Charting the Future of Student Affairs Source: NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education NASPA assembled a task force to consider several “change drivers,” including enrollment changes, the collegiate mental health crisis, affordability, and the global pandemic, all of which have impacted the roles and responsibilities of student affairs practitioners and the field as a whole. The task ...

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]]> New Brief Offers Recommendations for Revamping Student Loan Servicing to Better Assist Borrowers https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/02/11/new-brief-offers-recommendations-for-revamping-student-loan-servicing-to-better-assist-borrowers/ Fri, 11 Feb 2022 20:12:52 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17753 Title: Getting it Right: Design Principles for Student Loan Servicing Reform Authors: Rajeev Darolia, Associate Professor, University of Kentucky Source: Third Way As the May 2022 student loan repayment deadline approaches after the pause resulting from COVID-19, public discourse has focused on the impact that repayment may have on borrowers. One component of this impact remains the call for student loan ...

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]]> A Different Time: New Report Examines How the Pandemic May Impact Student Debt https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/01/14/a-different-time-new-report-examines-how-the-pandemic-may-impact-student-debt/ Fri, 14 Jan 2022 21:58:00 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17727 Title: How the Pandemic Could Affect the Rise in Student Debt Source: The PEW Charitable Trusts The PEW Charitable Trusts recently released a report that explores how student borrowing from the federal government during the COVID-19 pandemic has differed from borrowing during other recessions in the past 30 years. How the Pandemic Could Affect the Rise in Student Debt looks at ...

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]]> A Matter of Racial Justice: New Report Explores How Black Borrowers Experience Student Loans and Debt https://www.higheredtoday.org/2021/11/15/a-matter-of-racial-justice-new-report-explores-how-black-borrowers-experience-student-loans-and-debt/ Mon, 15 Nov 2021 19:25:25 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17700 Title: Jim Crow Debt: How Black Borrowers Experience Student Loans Authors: Jalil B. Mustaffa, Ph.D. & Jonathan C.W. Davis, Ph.D. Source: The Education Trust The Education Trust, in partnership with Jalil B. Mustaffa, Ph.D., recently released a new brief that centers the lived experiences and perspectives of nearly 1,300 Black borrowers. Using a mixed-method approach and in-depth interviews, the research intends ...

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