Publications
From Richmond Times-Dispatch:
As the noted financial scholar Alex J. Pollock, former president and CEO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, suggests: Make the schools pay 20% of the debt…
Republican Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee rightly wants to make colleges more accountable for the results of student loans. With these federal loans, the government lends with no…
From Captured Economy:
In recent years, college graduates have found themselves increasingly saddled with student loan debt. Even worse, many of these graduates fall behind on that debt sometimes…
Shannon Otto was a 30-year-old, Nashville-based nurse and mother of two when she unexpectedly fell ill with epilepsy. While battling debilitating seizures, she frequently missed work and her medical…
Shoshana Weissmann and C. Jarrett Dieterle cited in 9News:
More: How can people repay student loan debt if states take away the licenses they need to work?
Washington DC (June 27) – In recent years, college graduates have found themselves increasingly saddled with student loan debt. Even worse, many of these graduates fall behind on that debt –…
“Stripping delinquent borrowers of their professional license essentially tells them: we want you to do better at repaying your loans, so we are going to deny you the ability to earn the money…
From Forbes:
State governments do many silly things. Writing in USA Today, Jarrett Dieterle and Shoshana Weissmann bring attention to one of the absolute silliest: in 18 states, workers can have…
Roderick Scott Sr., a Texas middle school teacher, had been teaching for several years when his professional license was up for renewal and denied by The Texas Education Agency. The reason: He had…
To the Editor:
Sheila Bair (“Sheila Bair Sees the Seeds of Another Financial Crisis,” Interview, March 3) is so right about colleges having no skin in the troubled student loan game, which…