Faculty Lounge 15% of Retirees have Student Loan Debt, Study finds Spencer Irvine June 17, 2015 The College Fix reported: “Among retirees, education loans made up less than 1 percent in 1989 but grew to 15…
Perspectives Is Higher Education a Leisure Pool? Malcolm A. Kline May 18, 2015 A group called College Rank has helpfully compiled a list of colleges with the best leisure pools in academe, some…
Events, Guest Articles, News Kiss of Debt Nick Kowalski May 13, 2015 Beth Akers of the Brookings Institution, co-author of controversial research on the status of student loans, downplays the significance of…
Faculty Lounge Doesn’t Make Sense: Poll finds Millennials Optimistic about Future Even with Big Student Loans Spencer Irvine May 7, 2015 The poll found: “While over 60% of recent college grads report the burden of student loan debt, 58% believe their finances…
Faculty Lounge Obama has a Student Aid Bill of Rights Spencer Irvine March 18, 2015 Yes, this isn’t a joke. This is a real thing, to help students alleviate their student loans burden.
Faculty Lounge California Students want to Divest from the U.S., but should have Federal Student Loans Revoked Spencer Irvine February 11, 2015 It’s a good point, considering that if these University of California system students want to actually divest from the U.S.,…
News, Perspectives Pell Grants don’t help Career-Oriented Students Spencer Irvine February 5, 2015 Pell grants are a lifeline for many American students, costing billions of taxpayer dollars, but what do we have to…
Perspectives Time to End Federal Aid Malcolm A. Kline January 4, 2015 Could the time to end federal aid to higher education have long passed? “The federal government has no constitutional authority…
News College Costs Exploding Ethan Gaitz July 20, 2014 Any sanguine prognosticators who may have predicted a decline in the average cost of attending college may need to rethink…
News Student Debt Overload Spencer Irvine May 24, 2014 Beth Akers, a fellow at the center-left Brookings Institute, conducted an interesting study on how student loan debt affects certain…