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Gallardo, Juan E. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
With the costs of higher education increasing, the need to search for alternative ways to fund these expenses has also increased. While grants, scholarships, personal savings, and financial assistance from parents, may be effective for some, this is not the case for all students as some are inclined to use student loans to fund their higher…
Descriptors: Student Loan Programs, Debt (Financial), Paying for College, Financial Problems
US House of Representatives, 2023
This document records testimony from a hearing before the Committee on Education and the Workforce that was held to examine the implications of Biden's student loan policies for students and taxpayers. Member statements were provided by: (1) Honorable Burgess Owens, Chairman, Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development; and (2)…
Descriptors: Student Loan Programs, Federal Aid, Presidents, Educational Legislation
Sarah Tang; Jack Worth – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2024
The research was commissioned by the National Association of School-Based Teacher Trainers (NASBTT) and Universities' Council for the Education of Teachers (UCET) to estimate the costs and possible impact on teacher supply of introducing a new Teacher Student Loan Reimbursement (TSLR) scheme. Under a TSLR scheme, the government pays back any…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teachers, Teacher Employment Benefits, Fringe Benefits
Chingos, Matthew; Cohn, Jason – Urban Institute, 2023
The US Supreme Court will hear arguments next month about whether President Biden has the authority to forgive up to $20,000 in student debt for millions of borrowers. Part of the Biden administration's legal argument rests on the claim that borrowers as a group were made worse off financially by the pandemic. Urban Institute's analysis indicates…
Descriptors: Loan Repayment, Student Financial Aid, COVID-19, Pandemics
Collier, Daniel; Fitzpatrick, Dan; Marsicano, Christopher R. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2022
As federal policymakers consider changes to income-driven repayment (IDR) schemes, research examining the characteristics and financial behaviors of student loan borrowers participating in IDR is necessary. Using the nationally representative Survey of Consumer Finances, we examined the demographics of IDR enrollment. Counter to expectations,…
Descriptors: Loan Repayment, Student Loan Programs, Enrollment, Income
Chiang, Tom, Jr. – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2022
Obtaining a college degree is positively correlated with gains in socioeconomic mobility. However, college is expensive. Given the importance of college in increasing social mobility, lawmakers have proposed eliminating student debt. Joe Biden, for example, has incorporated eliminating student debt into his presidential campaign promise. While…
Descriptors: College Programs, Student Loan Programs, Loan Repayment, Debt (Financial)
National Association of College and University Business Officers, 2024
Now in its sixteenth year, the "2024 Student Financial Services Benchmarking Report" has become a key component in our efforts to help institutions compare their key financial indicators against national averages and self-selected institutional peer groups.
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Financial Services, Loan Repayment, Expenditures
National Association of College and University Business Officers, 2023
The Student Financial Services (SFS) Benchmarking Report examines student financial services operations, including: unpaid student account balances; student accounts in collections; payment channels and methods; student refunds; third-party billing; and staffing and financial services operating budget.
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Financial Services, Loan Repayment, Expenditures
Hannah Acheson-Field – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2023
In 2008, Maine implemented the Educational Opportunity Tax Credit (EOTC), a tax credit that repays up to $4,400 of student loan debt to filers who live in Maine, work in Maine, are paying towards their student debt, and who have an eligible degree. In 2019, Maine Revenue Services (MRS) provided 14,341 EOTC tax credits to 19,798 people, with annual…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, State Policy, Educational Opportunities, Tax Credits
Cheryl E. Clark; Melissa Emrey-Arras; Robert F. Dacey – US Government Accountability Office, 2024
Over the last 3 decades, the Direct Loan program has grown in size and complexity, with over $1.3 trillion in outstanding loans as of September 2023. This program provides financial assistance to help students and their parents pay for postsecondary education. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to review issues related to…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Risk, Costs, Guidance
Jason Cohn; Jason Delisle – Urban Institute, 2024
Earlier this year, Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC) introduced the College Cost Reduction Act (CCRA), a bill to reform higher education grant and loan programs and to establish new accountability rules for colleges. A key part of the bill would replace the myriad income-driven repayment (IDR) plans for federal student loans, including the Biden…
Descriptors: Student Loan Programs, Loan Repayment, Federal Legislation, College Students
Zaber, Melanie A.; Steiner, Elizabeth D.; Arana, Jessica – RAND Corporation, 2023
There are many ways to pay for postsecondary education, and one increasingly common option is an income share agreement (ISA). Under an ISA, the learner promises a share of their pre-tax earnings to a funder for a set period after the learner finishes or stops their program. The learner makes payments only when their earnings are high enough, and…
Descriptors: Income Contingent Loans, Student Loan Programs, Paying for College, Postsecondary Education
Hegji, Alexandra – Congressional Research Service, 2023
The William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) program is the single largest source of federal financial assistance to support students' postsecondary educational pursuits. The U.S. Department of Education estimates that in FY2024, $85.8 billion in new loans will be made through the program. As of the end of the first quarter of FY2023,…
Descriptors: Student Loan Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Debt (Financial)
Carales, Vincent D.; Molina, Mauricio – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2023
In this paper, we examine college graduates' perceptions of entering student loan repayment and how they navigated this process. Findings highlight the importance of helping students make informed borrowing decisions, particularly as they begin repaying their student loan debt. Policy makers wishing to hold institutions accountable for keeping…
Descriptors: Student Loan Programs, Loan Repayment, Debt (Financial), Financial Literacy
Chingos, Matthew; Delisle, Jason; Cohn, Jason – Urban Institute, 2023
The new student loan repayment plan formally proposed by the Biden administration would let borrowers make lower payments and have remaining loans forgiven sooner than under current plans. Under the proposed income-driven repayment (IDR) plan, most undergraduate borrowers with typical debt levels--and nearly 90 percent of those with certificates…
Descriptors: College Students, Loan Repayment, Student Loan Programs, Undergraduate Students