The tension between student loan accountability and income-driven repayment plans

By Johnathan G. Conzelmann, Nichole D. Smith and Austin Lacy. How difficult is it for recent college students to repay their share of the $1.3 trillion in outstanding student loan debt? The newly released College Scorecard reports that 37 percent of federal student loan borrowers were unable to pay back even $1 of their outstanding principal balance after three years in repayment. More...