The big, unregulated industry that helps colleges generate “leads” “is undergoing a radical transformation that threatens to cause a college-access crisis,” a new report says.
Sameer Gadkaree, an Indian American educator, recently took over as president and CEO of The Institute for College Access & Success, a non-profit organization founded in Oakland, California, that works
What would it take to solve the student debt crisis?
ANNA HELHOSKI of NerdWallet
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The possibility of federal student loan forgiveness grabs all the headlines. But experts say no single policy not even wiping the slate clean for millions of borrowers solves the root causes of the nation’s $1.74 trillion student loan debt crisis.
That debt has been fueled by decades of wages not keeping up with the rising cost of college. And unless wages increase and college costs decrease, students will still need to take on debt to complete degrees, and they’ll face greater difficulty repaying loans.