There are few higher education access issues the proposed reforms to the Perkins Loan Program (pages 64 to 88) aren’t trying to target. Tamping down excessive college costs? Schools get rewarded for low tuition. Need to improve graduation rates for low-income students? Institutions receive money for graduating large numbers of Pell Grant students. But the [...]
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Bailout Back and Forth
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson set off a flurry of activity when he suggested last week that some of the $700 billion bailout money might go to help companies issue private student loans. Higher Ed Watch explains in this post why Paulson’s plan is a bad idea.
NASFAA (the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators), though, [...]
Another Student Loan Scandal? Or Not?
In a fresh blow to the beleaguered student loan industry, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has charged some companies in the fast-growing private student loan market of charging students higher interest rates because they attend colleges where students are more likely to default on their loans. In uncovering yet another scandalous lender practice, Cuomo…
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If you’re not the lead dog…
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports($) this morning that the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA), the trade organization for financial aid officers, will ban lenders from sponsoring events at their national conference. This news comes only two weeks after a Wall Street Journal report($) on close financial ties between lenders and NASFAA.
This [...]
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.