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Driving Down Default: How to Strengthen the Cohort Default Rate to Further Reduce Federal Student Loan Default Risk
The cohort default rate has worked to reduce students’ risk of default, but decades of experience have also revealed weaknesses that policymakers must tackle. Driving Down Default outlines key priorities for strengthening the CDR to further reduce student loan default.
Charting the Course for Redesigning Financial Aid in California
Report outlines specific recommendations for California policymakers to create an achievable debt-free pathway to a college degree or certificate for California residents.
Key Finding
New data show that the average student debt for college graduates continues to climb but at a slower pace. Nationally, about two in three (65 percent) college seniors who graduated from public and private nonprofit colleges in 2018 had student loan debt. These borrowers owed an average of $29,200. (Student Debt and the Class of 2018)
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Terrific keynote from @chrisnellum on the equity imperative inherent in strengthening #CAcollegeaffordability. Low-income grads & grads of color are more likely to incur student debt, and avg amounts vary across institutions: https://t.co/T6NRSuCH7n https://t.co/inbNN0IUWQ https://t.co/5qRyfd2tvp
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Lunch & Learn | Financial Aid Webinar Series
Event / 11.18.2019
Lunch & Learn | Financial Aid Webinar Series
We're pleased to announce a series of one-hour webinars designed to bring higher education stakeholders in California up to speed on key financial aid issues facing college students.
New Report Calls for Strengthening Cohort Default Rate
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New Report Calls for Strengthening Cohort Default Rate
With more than one million students defaulting on their loans every year, policymakers need to do more to prevent unaffordable debts. In a new report…
