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13 septembre 2015

A crisis in student loans?

By Adam Looney and Constantine Yannelis. A crisis in student loans? How changes in the characteristics of borrowers and in the institutions they attended contributed to rising loan defaults
This paper examines the rise in student loan delinquency and default drawing on a unique set of administrative data on federal student borrowing, matched to earnings records from de- identified tax records. Most of the increase in default is associated with the rise in the number of borrowers at for-profit schools and, to a lesser extent, 2-year institutions and certain other non-selective institutions, whose students historically composed only a small share of borrowers. More...

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13 septembre 2015

Financing education for the developing world through 2030 and beyond

In July, world leaders, education experts, and civil society counterparts met in Oslo, Norway for the Oslo Summit on Education for Development. The Summit aimed to strengthen the level of cooperation and commitment in key actors to ensure that all children have access to a good quality education. A recent Brookings report,"Financing Education: Opportunities for Global Action," prepared as a background input for the summit, explores how the basic education targets could be financed based on an analysis of education resources over the previous decade. More...

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13 septembre 2015

Innovative paper overcomes data limitations to shed light on student debt "crisis"

By Liz Sablich. A new Brookings paper, released yesterday as part of the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) Fall 2015 Conference, is generating headlines for its new and significant contribution to the understanding of student debt issues in the United States. In “A crisis in student loans? How changes in the characteristics of borrowers and in the institutions they attended contributed to rising loan defaults,” authors Adam Looney of the U.S. Treasury Department and Constantine Yannelis of Stanford University effectively overcome the data limitations that have long encumbered research and policymaking in this area. They do so by linking Department of Education data on student borrowing with earnings information derived from de-identified tax records. More...

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13 septembre 2015

From the archive, 11 September 1964: 'Open university' of air and mail

By our Educational Correspondent. A new distance learning concept is being launched, combining TV and radio tuition with correspondence and face-to-face residential courses. More...

By Jamie Johnson. From rubbing shoulders with the stars to nearly getting arrested, my time abroad pushed me far out of my comfort zone. More...

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