Free Community College Is a Big Deal. Debt-Free College Would Be Transformative.
By Mark Huelsman This article first appeared on Demos.org Today, President Obama announced a proposal to make two years of community college tuition-free. Specifically, the Administration is...
View ArticleStudent Loan Refinancing Can Help Borrowers
As student debt continues to make up a larger financial obligation for American households, it is imperative that we provide student debtors with as many mechanisms as possible to pay back their loans...
View ArticleHow Can We Regulate For-Profit Colleges if We Keep Giving Them Our Credit Card?
By Mark Huelsman April 1, 2015 This post first appeared on demos.org Yesterday, after some dogged journalistic legwork by Inside Higher Ed’s Michael Stratford, the Department of Education released a...
View ArticleA Terrible Explanation for Rising College Costs
On Sunday, the New York Times published an unbelievably misleading op-ed on the cost of college by Paul Campos, a law professor at University of Colorado, Boulder. The post A Terrible Explanation for...
View ArticleThe Case for Debt-Free College
Our system of college financing that once included loans as an option of last resort for middle-income families has now turned to loans as the primary financing mechanism, with the burden of...
View ArticleThere’s Still Plenty the Obama Administration Could Do About Student Debt in...
In his final year, there are still actions the President could take on student debt, and with student debt and college affordability proving to be an issue with staying power on the campaign trail, the...
View ArticleBracket Busted? Here’s the Sweet 16 of College Affordability
Before the nation turns its sporting eyes to this weekend’s Sweet 16 and Elite 8 games, we thought it would be good to look at how good a deal these students can expect at the 16 remaining...
View ArticleA Leg Up: How a Privileged Minority Is Graduating Without Debt
The minority of students fortunate enough to graduate from public colleges without debt are doing so due to some built-in privileges. The post A Leg Up: How a Privileged Minority Is Graduating Without...
View ArticleA Blueprint for College Without Debt: A Policy and Messaging Guide for States...
A new policy and messaging guide by Mark Huelsman at Demos looks at how states should think about designing tuition-free or debt-free college programs, focusing on how these programs should address the...
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