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Thursday, October 25, 2012

The Private Student Loan Scandal: More Worthless Advice From the New York Times (which cares so much about the little guy)

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You think the federal student loan program is a mess? You should take a look at the private student loan program.  In contrast to federal st...
Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Think Long and Hard Before Borrowing Money to Go to a Prestigious University Like Harvard

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According to an article in Inside Higher Education , Harvard Graduate School of Education (HBSE) is retiring its Ed.D. degree and repla...

Income-Based Repayment Plans Won't Solve the Student-Loan Crisis: Reponse to NY Times Editorial

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Today's New York Times included an editorial entitled "Misleading Advice for Student Borrowers." The Times correctly states ...
Sunday, September 30, 2012

DOE's Annual Report on Student Loan Defaults Is More Useful than Its Old Reports, But DOE Still Understates the Magnitude of the Student-Loan Crisis

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The U.S. Department released its annual report on student-loan defaults a few days ago. For 2011, the percentage of borrowers who defaulted ...
Friday, September 7, 2012

Baloney about Higher Education from President of Wesleyan University

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In Written on the Heart ,  Philosopher J. Budziszewski's primer on natural law, Budziszewski argues that certain truths are innately kno...
Tuesday, August 7, 2012

How Many People Are Behind on Their Student Loans? At Least 6 Milion

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College loans have been a problem for students for more than 20 years.  Yet the national dialogue on the student loan crisis is just getting...
Thursday, July 26, 2012

Dear New York Times: Your Suggestion for Controlling Abuse in the Private Student-Loan Industry is Pathetic

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Some people think all the problems of the world will be solved when people are better informed. That seems to be the view of the New York Ti...