The University-to-Policymaker Pipeline under Biden
…“Biden Plans to Turn Student Loans into Delayed Grants”] As so often these days, the crazy social and economic ideas appearing in the real world were hatched on campus. And…
…“Biden Plans to Turn Student Loans into Delayed Grants”] As so often these days, the crazy social and economic ideas appearing in the real world were hatched on campus. And…
…is that federal student loans will not be privatized anytime soon, and since almost every college in America uses them, such schools will continue to be subject to federal rules….
The Biden administration has released its plans to introduce a new income-driven repayment program for student loans. The proposed regulations are as bad as the early indications hinted they would…
…government per student? Are students at Stanford eligible to receive Pell Grants or federal student loans, or are professors allowed to take grants from the National Science Foundation? Do Stanford…
…wants its students to receive Pell grants or federal student loans, it needs the approval of an accreditor. Accreditors are themselves approved by the U.S. Department of Education (ED). Traditionally,…
…from Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan”] The most convincing evidence of the decline in tuition is provided by the College Board’s annual Trends in College Pricing and Student Aid report,…
…room should announce that, due to spiraling expenses, higher tuition, and government cutbacks on student loans, we’ll need to tighten our belts and cut student activities funding to preserve academic…
…on universities: Title IX and federal money for research and students, student grants and loans, etc. pose enormous constraints on, and some bad incentives for, both public and private universities….
…had Biden done nothing, student loans would have truly begun to reduce inflation. The student loan payment pause was scheduled to expire, and as payments restarted, it would have reduced…
…intimidating and confusing, so simplification is a great idea. The new IBR program also looks good. IBR is vastly superior to fixed payment plans for student loans since many students…
…by Representatives Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Elise Stefanik, R-NY, and Jim Banks (R-IN). The bill “offers commonsense and fiscally responsible reforms to benefit students and borrowers in our country’s federal student…
…graduate students can borrow at $25,000 and $100,000, respectively. Currently, graduate students can borrow up to $20,500 annually in unsubsidized loans and can borrow an unlimited amount through the Grad…
…Up for Our Nation”] The proposed policy to forgive student loans is another issue on this front. Someone willingly sought a loan and pledged to repay that loan. But the…
…years (typically 30 for mortgages and 10 for student loans). This is not ideal since many students will experience employment volatility early in their career, making paying a fixed amount…
…About Them)”] There are grave consequences for the Biden administration’s loan forgiveness. It will encourage universities to increase their prices, understanding that students can simply turn to federal student loans….
…diversity administrators see to it that these students are coddled and pushed forward as best they can, often with frustrating results for the student. But the “mismatch” of a student…
…Hamilton’s 1,900 students get financial assistance, much of it via Pell grants and federal loans. Given the public’s recent turn against teachers’ unions and academia, if the GOP cannot defund…
…frivolous majors unable to repay crushing student loans. Or the many social justice programs whose purpose is only to provide iffy degrees to academically challenged youngsters who should not have…
…make the colleges cosigners on federal student loans, sharing in the burden if the student defaults? That would not only directly reduce the taxpayer’s burden in the case of loan…
…political cause. [Related: “Student Loans Cost Taxpayers $645 Billion More Than We Were Told”] Misjudging the direction of historical state funding will obviously affect policy decisions regarding future funding, but…
Yesterday, Joe Biden announced a plan to write off $10,000 in student loans for most people who haven’t paid off their student loans — and $20,000 in student loans for…
…forgiving loans could have financed a decade of Pell grants. It will exacerbate the student loan debt problem The ostensible reason forgiveness is needed is because some students have too…
…that outside entities provide virtually no funds. EGCC is merely waiving/writing off all non-Pell/state grant charges on student accounts … Essentially, under this program, students who receive Pell funding are…
…to the 90% side starting in 2023. But there was no loophole to close, and Congress was wrong to require the change. [Related: “Student Loans Cost Taxpayers $645 Billion More…
…limiting deductibility of charitable deductions to colleges for income tax purposes. It might mean colleges must have “skin in the game” regarding excessive student default rates on federal student loans….
Among the debates over federal student loans, two of the most important are: 1) should student loans be used to subsidize college? and 2) are student loans subsidizing college? Should…
…a college’s students to receive federal financial aid like Pell grants or student loans, the college must be accredited. Accreditors themselves must be approved by the Department of Education. So…
As student loan debt has grown (currently more than $1.6 trillion in federal loans), it has gotten more attention from the public and Washington. Progressives are pushing for free college…
…find discrimination against black students in college admissions despite initial gains: The percentage of Black college students has risen in the past 50 years, but it has fallen recently. The…
…whole experience will be one more argument to get the government out of the student lending business and transition to market-based student loans instead. Image: The White House, Public Domain…