student loans

3 Unintended Consequences of Student Loan ‘Forgiveness’

Given American voters’ penchant for delivering divided government, it might seem strange that Democrats were able to wrest control of…

5 years ago

‘Cancelling’ Student Debt is Unfair to Graduates Like Me Who Sacrificed to Pay Off Our Loans

A year after graduating from college, I was able to pay off my student loans in full. Now, President Biden…

5 years ago

‘Single Biggest Stimulus We Could Add’: Warren Ups Pressure On Biden To Cancel Student Debt

Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren again called for President-elect Joe Biden to cancel student debt when he takes office in…

5 years ago

A Grand Bargain On Student Debt: Loan Forgiveness For Ending Federal Student Lending

The system is creating a peasant class. It’s time to end it. There are few more salient winning issues for…

7 years ago

College Scams Federal Student Loans For Cash, Fakes Enrollment Paperwork, Whistleblowers Say

University of Phoenix encourages homeless people and others without high school degrees to enroll, filing false paperwork asserting that they…

7 years ago

Trump Signs Executive Order To Wipe Out ‘Every Penny’ Of Student Debt For Severely Disabled Vets

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday directing the Department of Education to eliminate “every penny” of student loan…

7 years ago

High College Costs Driven By Deceptive Accounting Practices

  by Andrew Kerr Widespread use of an accounting trick at public universities may be artificially driving up the reported…

8 years ago

What Colleges are Teaching for $1.4 trillion!

Americans owe over $1.4 trillion in student loan debt. That’s $600 billion more than all the US credit card debt…

9 years ago

Student Loans-In Need of a Fix?

Part 2 Yesterday we talked about many of the problems inherent with student loans in our society. Today I'd like…

14 years ago

Student Loans-In Need of a Fix or a Change?

Part 1 Every day we hear more tales of woe from college students who are inundated in debt due to…

14 years ago

Student Loan Debt: Much Ado About Nothing

It is starting to get quite embarrassing for the Obama administration.  They're trailing Romney in the polls, they've lost the…

14 years ago

Student Loans Seen as Next Casualty of Sluggish Economy

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- FICO's quarterly survey of bank risk professionals found growing concern for the stability of the student loan…

14 years ago

Mitchell & Ray October 27th: Perry's Plan, Student Loans, Amelia Hamilton

When: Thursday,October 27th, 10pm Eastern/7pm Pacific Where: Streaming Internet Radio What: Join independent political commentators Rich Mitchell and Michelle Ray…

14 years ago

Welcome to Obama’s Nanny State

In a post for Conservative Refocus I wrote about the Obama Administration and control. There are many more examples that…

16 years ago

Obama Education Policy Review

Barackobama.com published the President's three-part vision for education: Improve K-12, expand access to higher education, and preparing children for kindergarten.  …

16 years ago