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This story originally appeared in TIME Magazine. The Department of Education is shifting a number of its responsibilities to other federal agencies—a move that education experts say continues the Trump Administration’s efforts to dismantle the department, and that they fear will lead to delays in schools receiving critical funding. Certain offices serving schools and colleges …
This story originally appeared on the UW–Madison School of Education website. A college degree is more likely to be rated as economically “worth it” when local-level income data, rather than state-level data, is used to measure return on investment, according to a new report from UW–Madison researchers. The report released today by the Student Success Through Applied …
This story originally appeared in Newsweek. Government-mandated payment pauses and extensions are set to come to an end in early 2025. Borrowers will soon resume making monthly student loan payments, and some may be looking to find ways to pay off student loan debt faster. Why It Matters According to a Q3 2024 household debt …
In July 2025, SSTAR Lab released a report titled “A Framework for Conceptualizing and Analyzing Equity and Adequacy in Postsecondary Funding Models.” (PDF) This framework provides a structure to guide state policymakers and administrators in understanding, identifying, and assessing disparities in higher education funding. This work was generously funded by the State Higher Education Executive …
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This story originally appeared in Newsweek. Experts have warned the return of accruing student loan interest could have major implications on the lives of young adults, and America’s population as a whole—from delaying family formation to causing them to stop buying prescription medication. On August 1, the Trump administration will resume interest charges on the …
This story originally appeared in TIME Magazine. The U.S. Department of Education announced on April 21 that the Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) will restart its student debt collections on May 5. The announcement marks the first time in five years that the federal government may penalize Americans who fall behind on their student …
This story originally appeared on Fox News. The White House announced that student loan debt collection will resume in May. Nicholas Hillman, a professor in the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, joins LiveNOW from FOX to discuss the latest.
By Cherish Golden We are just months away from releasing our publicly available interactive website tool that gives Native students one central place to search for funding opportunities they are eligible for. The tool will include all data from our inventory of financial aid opportunities available to Native students at the state, postsecondary system, and …
This story originally appeared in Salon. For student loan borrowers, the latest social media rumor sounds alluring: that the Elon Musk-led dismantling of the Department of Education and ensuing breaches of private data could cancel the debt they owe. Creators argue that the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, passed in 1974 to protect the privacy …