The State of New Jersey Will Find a Way to Collect Student Debt Even If You’re Murdered
The state’s student-loan program has extraordinarily stringent rules, aggressive collections, and few reprieves, even for borrowers who’ve died.…
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Higher Education’s Accreditation Problem
The Department of Education just recommended that the country’s largest nationally recognized accreditation agency lose its status. By…
The Federal Government Finally Forgives Billion of Dollars in Debt for Disabled Students
The move comes after an investigation that documented how the government was making it hard for disabled borrowers…
Know When to Withhold ‘Em, Know When to Fold ‘Em
Think withholding taxes is an easy fix to America’s mess of a student loan re-payment system? Alex Holt explains why you should probably think again.
Confessions of a For-Profit College Inspector
Young, broke, and desperate, I worked at the heart of an emerging nationwide scandal in higher education. Here's what I saw.
A Nationwide Scandal in Higher Education
An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to subscribers.
What It’s Like Not to Be Able to Pay Your Student Loans
Unlike most of the school-loan borrowers who make it into the news, the most severely delinquent borrowers tend to have low balances and low monthly payments.
Are Adjunct Professors the New Fast-Food Workers?
For many universities and colleges, both public and private, it’s their most embarrassing secret—paying educated professionals minimum wage salaries with no benefits.
We All Stand to Lose as Parents Struggle to Repay College Loans for Their Children
New Department of Education data shows rising default rates on federal loans to parents.
Investing in Human Capital, Literally
In what’s been criticized as a modern-day version of indentured servitude, a new batch of start-ups are giving investors the opportunity to turn people into profit by buying a piece of their future earnings. Could this be a solution to our student debt problem?