Andrew Gillen over at the Center for College Affordability and Productivity challenges my post yesterday on how PLUS loan denials could be used as a tactic for driving some borrowers toward private loans.
One of the certainly pertinent questions that Gillen raises is why would a lender deny a borrower’s PLUS loan application if they then [...]
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03/11/10 | Kevin Carey is quoted on the rising costs of education in The Economist.
03/10/10 | Chad Aldeman's False Fronts paper is quoted on Accuracy in Academia.
03/09/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on Federal Family Education Loan defaults on The Huffington Post.
03/09/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on loan origination on the Firedog Lake blog.
03/07/10 | Kevin Carey calls for a Race to the Top in higher education in a column in The Chronicle of Higher Education.