Doubts About Parent PLUS Loans for Families and Colleges Relying on Them

By Chronicle Staff. Report: “Access to What and for Whom? A Closer Look at Parent PLUS Loans”
Author: Awilda Rodriguez
Organization: American Enterprise Institute’s Center on Higher Education Reform
Summary: This report offers context on the hotly debated federal Parent PLUS loan program, which allows parents to borrow up to the full cost of college attendance minus other aid for dependent undergraduate students. The report uses the Title IV loan-volume report for 2012-13 to analyze colleges that have large disbursements in the program, and data from the most recent National Postsecondary Student Aid Study to analyze the demographics of borrowers. More...