Student Debt:
Additional Readings
Student Debt:Additional Readings
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“Annual Report of the CFPB Student Loan Ombudsman,” Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. (2014).
Barack Obama Pushes For-Profit Colleges to the Brink,”Allie Grasgreen, Politico, 7/1/15. http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/barack-obama-pushes-for-profit-colleges-to-the-brink-119613.html
“College Inc,” PBS Frontline. (2010).
“Debt and the American Dream,” Eric Best (2012).
“Default: The Student Loan Documentary” (2011).
“Do Employers Prefer Workers Who Attend For-Profit Colleges? Evidence from a Field Experiment” Rajeev Darolia et al. (2014).
“Do the Benefits of College Still Outweigh the Costs?” Jaison Abel & Richard Deitz (2014). Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
“Does Federal Student Aid Raise Tuition? New Evidence on For-Profit Colleges.” Stephanie Reigg Cellini and Claudia Goldin, (2012).
“For Profit Higher Education: The Failure to Safeguard the Federal Investment and Ensure Student Success,” Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee. (2012).
“Loans for Educational Opportunity: Making Borrowing Work for Today’s Students,” Susan Dynarski, and Daniel Kreisman, (2013).
“Obama Administration Increases Accountability for Low-Performing For-Profit Institutions,” U.S. Department of Education, press release, July 1, 2015.http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/fact-sheet-obama-administration-increases-accountability-low-performing-profit-institutions
“State Funding Trends and Policies on Affordability,” US Government Accountability Office. (2014).
“Student Debt” (a collection of episodes and articles). Moyers & Company Online.
“Taxpayer funds are lifeline for more than 100 for-profit schools,” Aaron Glantz,(2014).
“The Activist’s Handbook,” Randy Shaw (Berkeley: Univ of California Press, 2013).
“The Case Against For-Profit Colleges and Universities,” Emily Hanford (2012).
“Why Federal College Ratings Won’t Rein In Tuition,” Susan Dynarski (2014).
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