By Andrew Kreighbaum. Student aid group warns Education Department that there may be no borrowers eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness. Read more...
26 novembre 2016
26 novembre 2016
Universities' Unfunded Pensions Exceed Debt
By Rick Seltzer. Unfunded pension liabilities are higher than capital-related debt at the country’s public universities, according to a report Moody’s Investors Service issued Friday. Read more...
21 novembre 2016
Minister orders loan funds to be released to students
By Christabel Ligami. After months of confusion following the discovery of more than 2,000 ‘ghost students’, and a ministerial order issued last week, Tanzania’s Higher Education Students' Loans Board or HESLB has started disbursing funds to universities, and students have begun settling into studies that had been delayed by the loans saga. Read more...
16 novembre 2016
Student loans, indebtedness, and financial literacy in the United States
The 2016 edition of the National Financial Capability Study (NFCS) presents the results of the third wave of data collection since the study was first released in 2009. It provides new information while helping us to understand the changes that have occurred over this time. More...
13 novembre 2016
How Philip Hammond could turn £1 of spending into £22 of savings
Like the UK, New Zealand faces severe challenges in recouping student debt, particularly when it is owed by overseas borrowers. Around 3.25 billion New Zealand dollars are owed by those overseas. Two-thirds of those in default are in Australia, as Australians have access to loans from the New Zealand Government when studying there – just like EU citizens do for tuition fee loans when studying in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. At the end of June, outstanding student loans in default topped $1 billion in New Zealand for the first time and, while borrowers living overseas make up just 15% of the borrowing population, they account for 90% of the amount in default. More...
11 novembre 2016
Rejecting the Student Deficit Model
By John Warner. Teaching from where students are, not where we might want them to be. Read more...
11 novembre 2016
Borrower Defense Rules Finalized
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Education Department releases regulations to protect student borrowers against fraudulent and abusive institutions. Although rules are aimed at for-profit colleges, critics say they could have repercussions for all colleges. Read more...
11 novembre 2016
Borrowing Falls as Prices Keep Climbing
By Rick Seltzer. Student borrowing drops for the fifth straight year as the rate of tuition increases slows. Read more...
11 novembre 2016
Addicted to Debt
By David Bergeron. Free public college would end our nation’s addiction to debt-financed higher education, writes David Bergeron, a worthy goal even if private colleges will need to make adjustments. Read more...
4 novembre 2016
Paying for it
By Paul Attfield. The key is to find ways to finance your education and graduate with the smallest amount of debt. More...
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