College Costs in Michigan

Fact sheet analyzing the student debt for college graduates in Michigan.

In the 2020 presidential election campaign, college affordability has become a central household economic issue that nearly every candidate feels compelled to address.

Joint comments urging the Education Department to expand automated student loan discharge for totally and permanently disabled borrowers.

Comments urging the Education Department to expand automated student loan discharge for totally and permanently disabled borrowers.

Fact sheet focuses on the importance of the cohort default rate (CDR), details how some colleges may evade accountability by exploiting forbearance options, and includes recommendations on how to protect the CDR from forbearance abuse.

Report focuses on important changes to the sector, which include the growth of online education, the efforts of for-profit colleges to convert to non-profit status, and the increased use of online program managers (OPMs) by public and non-profit colleges to operate their online programs.