Way back in July, when three feet of snow probably sounded like a good idea in D.C., Education Sector released Drowning in Debt, a super-sized CYCT documenting rising student debt levels over the past 15 years.
A week later, we added a note to the report stating that the data from different years was not necessarily [...]
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Still Drowning in Debt
And the Real Problem Is…
Now that it’s September and most college students are back in their dorms, the press has quieted down about the looming “student loan crisis” that made for great headlines a few months ago. As this article, online at the American Prospect, explains, this is because there hasn’t been much of a crisis after all. As [...]
HEA, at Long Last
Congress passed a new version of the Higher Education Act yesterday, which President Bush is expected to sign. This is a real milestone — it’s been ten years since the last reauthorization, which is supposed to happen every five years. There’s a lot in there to discuss, but in my mind the most disappointing thing [...]
Lowering Student Loan Default Rates: What One Consortium of Historically Black Institutions Did to Succeed 
College and Career-Ready: Using Outcomes Data to Hold High Schools Accountable for Student Success
03/19/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on college graduation rates and the NCAA Tournament in the Detroit Free Press.
03/19/10 | Linda Perlstein links to Education Sector's "College- and Career-Ready" event.
03/17/10 | Ben Miller's column on graduation rates and NCAA Tournament eligibility is mentioned on The Wall Street Journal's The Daily Fix.
03/17/10 | Kevin Carey's critique of Diane Ravitch's latest book is quoted in Doublethink's Conventional Folly blog.
03/15/10 | Ben Miller pens an op-ed for US News & World Report on using graduation rates to determine NCAA Tournament eligibility.