Monday, April 21, 2008

Student Loans In the News

By Andrew Gillen

It's not very often that education issues get so much attention in the news, but spurred by the student loan mess and the looming enrollment decisions, there have been a number of pieces of interest lately:

The Wealth Trajectory: Rewards for the Few
(NYT) N. GREGORY MANKIW

The (Yes) Low Cost of Higher Ed (NYT) DAVID LEONHARDT

Bank of America to Direct Student Loans to Federal Program
(WSJ) ROBERT TOMSHO AND COREY BOLES

Citi Unit Curbs Student Loans (WSJ) KEVIN KINGSBURY


The New Math of College Financing
(WSJ) ANNE MARIE CHAKER


There have also been a number of interesting blogs:
Why Is College Tuition Subsidized, While K-12 Is Not? Stephen J. Dubner

Student Loans May Be Impacted by the Mortgage Crisis Pete Davis, HT: Brad DeLong

Costs and Benefits in Education Felix Salmon (Note his conclusion.)

I'll be discussing the Davis piece in detail later this week when we officially release A Tuition Bubble? Lessons from the Housing Bubble, available online here.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Great blog Andrew. A possible option for students who currently have debts and credit cards is to browse the many price comparison sites like eComparison to see if there in any way to reduce their outgoings.

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