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This story originally appeared on Inside Higher Ed. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today on the Biden administration’s student debt relief plan. Like many people interested in federal financial aid policy, I have been following the developments of this plan—and the lawsuits looking to block it—for more than six months. I plan to …
This story originally appeared on Maine Public. A significant number of Mainers with outstanding student loans could see some major relief under a proposal that newly inaugurated President Joe Biden will reportedly make to cancel thousands in federal student loan debt for each person, among other efforts. In addition to planning an executive order to …
This opinion article, written by Nick Hillman, originally appeared in USA Today. Early decision letters from top-tier schools are starting to go out — which means we’re about to be inundated with stats about competitive admissions and low acceptance rates. But while you wouldn’t know it from a quick glance at the news headlines, where …
This story originally appeared in the Hechinger Report. The nation’s student debt crisis is back on the agenda in Washington. Monthly payments on $1.6 trillion federal student loans have been suspended since late March, but that coronavirus break is scheduled to expire at the end of January. The question now is whether 43 million borrowers …
This story originally appeared in Marketplace. About 42 million Americans hold a total of $1.6 trillion in student loan debt. The hot-button issue of student loan cancellation, or forgiveness, has once again been top of mind after Sen. Chuck Schumer said in an interview that President-elect Joe Biden could wipe out the first $50,000 of …
This story originally appeared in Inside Higher Ed. Broad-access institutions, often community colleges and regional public universities, defined as those that admit 80 to 100 percent of applicants, spend a little less than $15,000 on academic basics for each full-time-equivalent student. Highly selective institutions, defined as those that admit less than 40 percent of applicants, spend just …
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 …
This story originally appeared in The Badger Herald. University of Wisconsin associate professor in Education and Policy Analysis and director of the Student Success Through Applied Research lab, Nick Hillman, discussed the debt crisis students face within America’s student loan system at a Phi Kappa Phi lecture Tuesday night. Hillman is also the author of …
This story originally appeared on PBS Wisconsin Here & Now. The rapid growth of student loan debt has grabbed the attention of state lawmakers saying it could impact Wisconsin’s economy. Nick Hillman, director of the Student Success Through Applied Research Lab says a serious lack of data will make it difficult to tackle the issue. …
This story originally appeared in OnWisconsin Magazine. The first brainchild of the UW’s new Student Success Through Applied Research (SSTAR) Lab, Bucky’s Tuition Promise, has provided financial relief to nearly one-quarter of the Wisconsin-resident students in the 2018–19 incoming class. By identifying a sustainable way to simplify the financial aid process for in-state undergraduates — …