January 16, 2020
The borrower defense rule protects students by discharging loans tied to fraud and other illegal conduct by their colleges. In September, the Trump Administration rewrote the rule, and it will leave 97 percent of students cheated by their colleges having to repay their student loan debt. Meanwhile, more than 220,000 students are still waiting for the Department of Education...
December 19, 2019
President Trump today signed into law the FUTURE Act, an important piece of bipartisan legislation that will make it easier for students and families to apply for federal financial aid.
December 19, 2019
President Trump today signed into law the FUTURE Act, an important piece of bipartisan legislation that will make significant improvements to the federal financial aid system.
December 11, 2019
The Education Department last week shared its plans to conduct a new and unprecedented experiment to allow selected colleges to, essentially, use federal loan dollars to fund private education loans. TICAS, New America, and The Century Foundation share what we know — and, more critically, what we don’t — about this new development.
December 3, 2019
Like other proposals before it, the College Affordability Act (CAA) — House Democrats’ comprehensive proposal to reauthorize the Higher Education Act — makes major progress in improving the federal student loan repayment system. In this blog post, we outline the major components of the new repayment system under the CAA, which is a strong starting point for much-needed...
November 1, 2019
On October 31, the House Committee on Education and Labor passed the College Affordability Act (CAA), a comprehensive proposal to reauthorize the Higher Education Act.
September 7, 2019
Turning the tide on tuition and student debt will require significant new investments in public colleges and universities. But more money alone is not enough. To close college opportunity gaps, we need to direct more funding to the colleges serving the neediest students.
