Month: July 2020

Wisconsin Residents in Default on Student Loans

While most borrowers will not default on their student loans, the steep consequences of doing so make default one of the most pernicious possible outcomes for student borrowers. To supplement our previous work highlighting school-level default rates, this post highlights geographic variation in student loan default across Wisconsin counties. We find that 11% of all …

SSTAR Lab launches ‘Student Debt in Wisconsin’ series

This story originally appeared on the UW–Madison School of Education website. The Student Success Through Applied Research (SSTAR) Lab, directed by UW–Madison’s Nick Hillman, has launched a new series on its website titled “Student Debt in Wisconsin.” “It is surprisingly difficult to find authoritative and timely data on this topic,” explains the main web page …