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News Articles (1)
Fact Sheets (10)
Reports (14)
Letters/Petitions (2)
Testimonies (7)
Miscellaneous (3)
Project Press Release (1)
Polls (2)
White Papers (2)
Events (1)
Policy models (5)
Presentations (1)
News Articles (1)
Reducing the Dangers of Debt
National Crosstalk, August 2005This article examines the costs and risks of relying on personal debt to finance higher education, and suggests practical alternatives to increase college access for all students.
Fact Sheets (10)
A Borrower's Guide to July 1, 2008
The Project on Student Debt, June 2008This is a guide to what college students, their parents, and people already repaying their student loans need to know about the helpful changes taking place on July 1, 2008.
Student Loan Options in a Tight Credit Market
Project on Student Debt, March 2008A consumer guide to help borrowers find the best college loan and finance solutions in a tight credit market.
Fair Loan Payments in H.R. 2669
Project on Student Debt, September 2007The bill passed by the House and Senate includes a new Income Based Repayment (IBR) program modeled on more Fact Sheets publications ... At least one million community college students lack access to federal loans, not because of the credit crunch, but because their schools don't participate in the federal loan programs. This pushes... Many more community college students than students at California’s four-year colleges would lose financial aid under Governor Schwarzenegger’s proposed budget for 2009. This issue brief finds that... A number of colleges and universities have developed policies to eliminate or limit loans in their aid packages, substituting those amounts with grants for low- and middle-income families. But each... This letter requests that the Department of Education flag two-year institutions with exceptionally low federal loan participation rates in their annual Cohort Default Rate report. This practice... The Project on Student Debt filed an administrative petition with the Department of Education for a rulemaking process to make student loan repayment more fair and manageable. Many of the goals of... Shireman testified about student loans and the credit squeeze at a joint informational hearing of the Assembly Committee on Banking and Finance, and the Assembly Higher Education Committee. Asher made a statement of support of SB 1355 to the California State Senate Education Committee. The bill would require California colleges to provide important information to students and families... On November 29, 2007, Lauren Asher, associate director of the Project on Student Debt, testified before the U. S. Department of Education at a hearing about the negotiated rulemaking for Public Law... more Testimonies publications ... On July 15, 2008, the Project on Student Debt submitted its official comment on the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed rules for the Income-Based Repayment and Public Service Loan Forgiveness... This legal opinion concludes that the IRS may legally release tax transcript information to the Department of Education with a financial aid applicant's written request. This procedure could be... This broad-based, multi-disciplinary research agenda to inform financial aid policies and student advising was sponsored by the New England Resource Center for Higher Education as well as the... Shireman comments on passage of landmark legislation to increase grant aid and make student loan repayment more fair and manageable. This national survey found that Americans see paying off student loans as a serious problem for both middle-class and low-income families, and they support reforms to make loan payments more... A new national survey of college and university presidents finds that 86% are concerned about the amount of debt students are taking on to pay for their education, and that they support a range of... Over the past two decades, colleges and universities have increasingly engaged in financial aid "bidding wars" for students with high test scores or grades but little or no financial need. A new... This white paper analyzes the U.S. student loan programs' strengths and weaknesses and identifies practical ways to achieve a more rational and effective balance of borrower obligations and... The Project on Student Debt cohosted a forum with the American Enterprise Institute in November of 2005. See the agenda and papers presented at this event. With the Higher Education Act up for reauthorization in Congress, our policy agenda should serve as a guide for what concerned policymakers can do to strengthen federal financial aid policies and... This policy proposal would encourage states and institutions of higher education to increase the number of young adults from families with below-median incomes who enroll in and graduate from college. This policy agenda for private student loans outlines a way to give students and parents with private loans access to the kind of information and consumer rights that other types of borrowers can... more Policy models publications ... This is a pdf of a powerpoint presentation given at the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute on college access marketing, with specific examples of marketing campaigns from across the country.Reports (14)
Denied
The Project on Student Debt, April 2008
Proposed Cal Grant Cuts Would Hit Community College Students Hardest
The Institute for College Access & Success, March 2008
Comparison and Analysis of Financial Aid Pledges
Project on Student Debt, March 2008
Letters/Petitions (2)
Letter to Secretary Spellings about Cohort Default Rates
Project on Student Debt, August 2008
Petition for Rulemaking
Project on Student Debt, May 2006
Testimonies (7)
Testimony of Robert Shireman before California State Assembly
Project on Student Debt, June 2008
Testimony of Lauren Asher before California State Senate Education Committee
Project on Student Debt, April 2008
Testimony of Lauren Asher before U. S. Department of Education
Project on Student Debt, November 2007
Miscellaneous (3)
Official Comment on Proposed Rules for IBR and Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Project on Student Debt, July 2008
Opinion on Legal Requirements for Disclosure of Tax Transcript Data
Holland + Knight LLP, March 2007
A Research Agenda for the Study of Student Indebtedness and College Enrollment
Project on Student Debt, NERCHE, November 2006
Project Press Release (1)
National Expert on Student Debt Applauds Senate Passage of Higher Education Access Act
Project on Student Debt, July 2007
Polls (2)
National Survey on the Burdens of Student Debt
Project on Student Debt, May 2006
National Survey of College Presidents
The Project on Student Debt, October 2005
White Papers (2)
Time to Reexamine Institutional Cooperation on Financial Aid
The Institute for College Access & Success, June 2008
White Paper: Addressing Student Loan Repayment Burdens
Project on Student Debt, February 2006
Events (1)
Advancing America's Economic Competitiveness: The Role of Student Loans
Project on Student Debt, November 2005
Policy models (5)
Policy Agenda to Address Rising Student Debt
The Project on Student Debt, June 2007
College Opportunity Incentive Fund
Project on Student Debt, June 2007
Private Loan Policy Agenda
The Project on Student Debt, June 2007
Presentations (1)
Financial Aid Awareness and College Attainment
The Institute for College Access & Success, October 2004
