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My 2024 Higher Education Finance Reading List

Robert Kelchen

2019, December 9). Students pay the price if a college fails. link ) Massachusetts Board of Higher Education (2019). Transitions in higher education: Safeguarding the interest of students (THESIS). The effect of information about education tax benefits on student outcomes. link ) Ducoff, N. The Hechinger Report.

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Report: How Universities Are Preparing for The End of The Pandemic Loan Pause

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

About 43 million people are expected to resume or start repayments of their student loans. The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) has issued its final report and a toolkit for financial aid professionals across the nation in anticipation of the resumption of federal student loan repayments.

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My 2023 Higher Education Finance Reading List

Robert Kelchen

The effect of information about education tax benefits on student outcomes. Journal of Student Financial Aid, 48 (3), Article 4. link ) The financial viability of higher education Ducoff, N. 2019, December 9). Students pay the price if a college fails. So why are we protecting failing students?

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The divestment problem

University Business

When the Undergraduate Council of Students at Brown University in 2019 conducted a referendum asking whether their institution should “divest all stocks, funds, endowment and other monetary instruments from companies complicit in human rights abuses in Palestine,” Brown President Christina Paxson chose not to engage.

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Sharing a Dataset of Program-Level Debt and Earnings Outcomes (Robert Kelchen)

Higher Education Inquirer

To create a debt-to-earnings ratio that covered as many programs as possible, I pulled median student debt accumulated at that institution for the cohorts of students who left college in the 2016-17 or 2017-18 academic years and matched it with earnings for those same cohorts one calendar year later (calendar year 2018 or 2019).

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My 2024 Higher Education Finance Reading List (Robert Kelchen)

Higher Education Inquirer

2019, December 9). Students pay the price if a college fails. link ) Massachusetts Board of Higher Education (2019). Transitions in higher education: Safeguarding the interest of students (THESIS). The effect of information about education tax benefits on student outcomes. link ) Ducoff, N. The Hechinger Report.

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Your student loan payments are due: 3 strategies to support community college students’ financial wellness

EAB

It could also affect recruitment as prospective students are more likely to question whether college is worth the cost in the first place. --> 0 % of high school students reported college isn’t “worth the cost” in 2023, up from 8% in 2019. Financial hardship is the #1 reason students stop out.