Federal student-aid policy is designed with the goal of expanding access to higher education for all students. It has been enormously successful in achieving that goal. Yet, for many students, federal student aid has served only to burden them with oppressive student-debt obligations. These obligations are a particular problem with respect to the for-profit higher-education sector, which receives a large and ever-growing proportion of federal aid. This Note examines the interaction between federal student-aid policy and for-profit institutions, arguing that the noble goals of modern federal student-aid policy enable the very practices that lead to negative outcomes for many students by creating a lucrative market for subprime education. T...
Our Universities: Principles and Pragmatics Student loan default rates are three times higher at fo...
For-profit, or proprietary, colleges are the fastest-growing postsecondary schools in the nation, en...
The “greedy colleges” thesis conflicts with how nonprofit universities decide on admissions and pric...
Federal student-aid policy is designed with the goal of expanding access to higher education for all...
The for-profit higher education sector, primarily funded by federal student aid dollars, produces bo...
We use administrative data from five states to provide the first comprehensive estimates of the size...
Throughout the United States, college enrollment has overwhelmingly increased, reaching its peak in ...
Financial aid makes up the bulk of federal higher education spending, but do those dollars make a di...
The 90/10 rule dictates that no more than 90 percent of institutional revenue at a for-profit colleg...
Increasing student loan debt levels have created a market failure where graduate students consumer p...
This Note addresses the discrepancies between inflation rates and the cost of higher learning, parti...
After years of remarkable expansion, the for-profit higher education sector is showing signs of an i...
This paper examines the market conditions that facilitate the entry of for-profit institutions into ...
Student loan debt in the United States is now estimated to exceed one trillion dollars. However, in ...
We use state administrative data to provide the first comprehensive estimates of the size of the for...
Our Universities: Principles and Pragmatics Student loan default rates are three times higher at fo...
For-profit, or proprietary, colleges are the fastest-growing postsecondary schools in the nation, en...
The “greedy colleges” thesis conflicts with how nonprofit universities decide on admissions and pric...
Federal student-aid policy is designed with the goal of expanding access to higher education for all...
The for-profit higher education sector, primarily funded by federal student aid dollars, produces bo...
We use administrative data from five states to provide the first comprehensive estimates of the size...
Throughout the United States, college enrollment has overwhelmingly increased, reaching its peak in ...
Financial aid makes up the bulk of federal higher education spending, but do those dollars make a di...
The 90/10 rule dictates that no more than 90 percent of institutional revenue at a for-profit colleg...
Increasing student loan debt levels have created a market failure where graduate students consumer p...
This Note addresses the discrepancies between inflation rates and the cost of higher learning, parti...
After years of remarkable expansion, the for-profit higher education sector is showing signs of an i...
This paper examines the market conditions that facilitate the entry of for-profit institutions into ...
Student loan debt in the United States is now estimated to exceed one trillion dollars. However, in ...
We use state administrative data to provide the first comprehensive estimates of the size of the for...
Our Universities: Principles and Pragmatics Student loan default rates are three times higher at fo...
For-profit, or proprietary, colleges are the fastest-growing postsecondary schools in the nation, en...
The “greedy colleges” thesis conflicts with how nonprofit universities decide on admissions and pric...