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Resources and Research on Education Debt in America
The following is a round-up of recent articles and research pertaining to education debt and student borrowing in the United States.
Articles
- Placing the Blame as Students Are Buried in Debt—New York Times (May 28, 2010)
- Student Aid Reform, Still More Needs to be Done—Huffington Post (April 6, 2010)
- Cohort Default Rates: Bad News All Around, Worse at For-Profits—Education Sector (December 14, 2009)
- Are U.S. College Students Financially Literate?—Forbes (November 24, 2009)
- State of Student Loan Delinquencies (Part 2): 56% of U.S. Counties Have Double-Digit Delinquencies—Student Lending Analytics Blog (November 23, 2009)
- What US County Has Highest Student Loan Delinquency Rate?—Student Lending Analytics Blog (November 22, 2009)
- Center For American Progress Calls For Office of Consumer Protection in Education—Student Lending Analytics Blog (November 2, 2009)
- The Poorer the Family, the Larger the Unmet Need for Financial Aid—(Password required) The Chronicle of Higer Education (October 12, 2009)
- Obama Aims to Boost Funding For Pell Grants by $40 Billion—The Washington Post (October 8, 2009)
- Economic Scene: Colleges Are Failing in Graduation Rates—The New York Times (September 9, 2009)
- Congress Prepares for Student Loan Reform—FiLife (August 21, 2009)
- Single Payer for Kids—Wall Street Journal (August 20, 2009)
- A Conversation with Steve Biklen, Former CEO of Student Loan Corporation—Student Lending Analytics Blog (August 13, 2009)
- Senior Republican vows student loan bill fight—Reuters (July 29, 2009)
- Aid Bill Moves, amid misgivings—Inside Higher Ed (July, 22 2009)
- Student loans: A Bitter financial lesson—Business Week (July 19, 2009)
Research
- Student Aversion to Borrowing: Who Borrows and Who Doesn’t—the Institute for Higher Education Policy and Excelencia in Education with support from TERI, TG and USA Funds (2008)
- Report on Student Debt and Alumni Giving—American Student Assistance (2007)
- Who Borrows Most? Bachelor's Degree Recipients with High Levels of Student Debt—The College Board (2010)
- Calculating the Contribution of Demographic Differences to Default Rates—Mark Kantrowitz (April 2010)
- New Survey: Most Colleges Maintaining Pledges to Limit Student Loans—Project on Student Debt (April 2010)
- Early Report Shows Lower Average Salary for College Class of 2010—National Association of Colleges and Employers (February 2010)
- Lowering Student Loan Default Rates: What One Consortium of Historically Black Institutions Did to Succeed—Education Sector (February 2010)
- Wave 1.5 Economic Impact Study: Financial Well-Being, Coping Behaviors and Trust among Young Adults—Arizona Pathways to Life Success for University Students (January 2010)
- With Their Whole Lives Ahead of Them—Public Agenda (December 2009)
- Student Debt and the Class of 2008—Project on Student Debt (December 2009)
- Trends in Student Aid 2009—College Board (November 2009)
- Getting with the Program: Community College Students Need Access to Federal Loans—The Project on Student Debt (October 2009)
- Drowning in Debt: The Emerging Student Loan Crisis—Education Sector (July 2009)
- How Much Are College Students Borrowing—College Board (2009)
- Characteristics of Borrowers with Excessive Debt—FinAid (May 2009)
- Characteristics of Private Student Loan Borrowers Who Do Not Use Federal Education Loans—FinAid (June 2009)
- Student Aid Policy Analysis: Growth in Cumulative Education Debt at College Graduation—FinAid (July 2009)
- Rethinking the Middleman: Federal Student Loan Guaranty Agencies—New America Foundation (July 2009)
- How Undergraduate Students Use Credit Cards—Sallie Mae (April 2009)
- Arizona Pathways to Life Success for University Students—The University of Arizona, et al (April 2009)
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