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Strategies to improve higher education ‘deserts’ in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Today on Wisconsin Public Radio | Feb 3, 2025

Student Loan Debt: How to Pay Off Loans Faster
Newsweek | Jan 6, 2025

Rural students’ options shrink as colleges slash majors
Washington Post | Nov 26, 2024

You may not need that student loan after all. Here’s the latest college tuition trend.
USA Today | Oct 30, 2024

Varsity Blues prosecutor scoffs at Rick Singer’s new college counseling service
USA Today | Oct 27, 2024

College ‘Deserts’ Disproportionately Deter Black and Hispanic Students from Higher Ed
EdSurge | Oct 24, 2024

How much student loan debt does the average college graduate have?
US News and World Report | Oct 21, 2024

ACCT and SSTAR Lab Release Brief and Dashboard That Explore State Funding Models for Community Colleges
Association of Community College Trustees | Sept 25, 2024

A close look at state funding policies
Community College Daily | Aug 13, 2024

Biden Administration Tries Again to Relieve Student Debt
Marketplace | Aug 1, 2024

SSTAR lab report shows ‘equity-based’ funding could increase student success
The Badger Herald | Feb 15, 2024

UW report explores how to address funding disparities in higher education
Central Time on Wisconsin Public Radio | Jan 30, 2024

New report outlines how ‘equity-based’ funding could close higher education achievement gaps
UW-Madison School of Education | Jan 10, 2024

More than 12k Wisconsinites to see student loan forgiveness under changes to income-based repayment plans
Wisconsin Public Radio News | Aug 24, 2023

A Viewer’s Guide to Today’s Supreme Court Hearing
Inside Higher Ed | Feb 27, 2023

A third of Maine student loan borrowers could have their debt eliminated under plan floated by Biden
Maine Public Radio | Jan 20, 2021

Report: Rich college keep getting richer
Inside Higher Ed | Nov 20, 2020

Poor colleges need to get richer to put low-income students on a path to success
USA Today | Dec 15, 2020

Is forgiving college debt the best way to solve the student loan crisis?
Hechinger Report | Dec 7, 2020

Would cancelling $10,000 in student debt really help that much?
Marketplace | Nov 23, 2020

Left out: How the federal COVID-19 formula hurt some of Wisconsin’s most vulnerable college students
Wisconsin State Journal | Oct 25, 2020

UW-Madison unveils loan forgiveness program to keep teachers in Wisconsin
Wisconsin State Journal | Aug 19, 2020

UW-Madison drops ACT/SAT test requirement for students applying this fall
Wisconsin State Journal | July 30, 2020

Phi Kappa Phi lecture discusses student debt crisis, racial disparities
Badger Herald | Feb 25, 2020

Small UW campuses provide access to education. What would happen if they disappeared?
Wisconsin State Journal | Feb 23, 2020

The growing student debt dilemma
PBS Wisconsin | Feb 12, 2020

SSTAR Lab launches ‘Student Debt in Wisconsin’ series 
UW-Madison School of Education | July 17, 2020

A laboratory for financial aid 
OnWisconsin Magazine | Summer 2019

Research meets practice at UW-Madison student success lab
American Council on Education (ACE) | Feb 20, 2019

UW-Madison brings student outcomes data crunchers into aid office
Higher Ed Dive | Feb 7, 2019

SSTAR Lab examining solutions for making higher education more affordable
UW-Madison News | Feb 5, 2019

UW-Madison unveils ‘Bucky’s Tuition Promise,’ latest commitment to state students
UW-Madison News | Feb 8, 2018