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Mark Huelsman
Former Associate Director, Policy & Research
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[email protected]
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@MarkHuelsman
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The Bloomberg Higher Ed Plan: Silent on Debt, Decent on Affordability
Recent
Debt-Free College in Michigan
Policy Briefs
February 2, 2021
Mark Huelsman
Debt-Free College in Arizona
Policy Briefs
February 2, 2021
Mark Huelsman
Delivering on Debt Relief: Proposals, Ideas, and Actions to Cancel Student Debt on Day One and Beyond
Policy Briefs
November 23, 2020
Mark Huelsman
Issues
Economic Justice
Debt-Free College
Work Area
Research & Policy Design
Research
Bridging Progressive Policy Debates: How Student Debt and the Racial Wealth Gap Reinforce Each Other
Research
September 9, 2019
Suzanne Kahn
Mark Huelsman
Jen Mishory
Debt to Society: The Case for Bold, Equitable Student Loan Cancellation and Reform
Research
June 6, 2019
Mark Huelsman
Social Exclusion: The State of State U for Black Students
Research
December 12, 2018
Mark Huelsman
A Blueprint for College without Debt
Research
September 26, 2018
Mark Huelsman
The Unaffordable Era: A 50-State Look at Rising College Prices and the New American Student
Research
February 22, 2018
Mark Huelsman
Out of Reach?
Research
July 12, 2016
Mark Huelsman
A Leg Up: How a Privileged Minority Is Graduating Without Debt
Research
July 6, 2016
Mark Huelsman
Less Debt, More Equity: Lowering Student Debt While Closing the Black-White Wealth Gap
Research
November 24, 2015
Mark Huelsman
Tamara Draut
Tatjana Meschede
Lars Dietrich
Thomas Shapiro
Laura Sullivan
The Debt Divide: The Racial and Class Bias Behind the "New Normal" of Student Borrowing
Research
May 19, 2015
Mark Huelsman
Connecticut’s Great Cost Shift
Research
October 20, 2014
Mark Huelsman
Robert Hiltonsmith
Minnesota’s Great Cost Shift
Research
August 25, 2014
Robert Hiltonsmith
Mark Huelsman
Virginia’s Great Cost Shift: How Higher Education Cuts Undermine the State’s Future Middle Class
Research
May 2, 2014
Mark Huelsman
New Jersey’s Great Cost Shift How Higher Education Cuts Undermine the State’s Future Middle Class
Research
May 2, 2014
Mark Huelsman
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Policy Briefs
Debt-Free College in Michigan
Policy Briefs
February 2, 2021
Mark Huelsman
Debt-Free College in Arizona
Policy Briefs
February 2, 2021
Mark Huelsman
Delivering on Debt Relief: Proposals, Ideas, and Actions to Cancel Student Debt on Day One and Beyond
Policy Briefs
November 23, 2020
Mark Huelsman
The Debt-Free College Act of 2018
Policy Briefs
March 22, 2018
Mark Huelsman
Vijay Das
Addressing the Top Misconceptions about Debt-Free College
Policy Briefs
September 28, 2016
Mark Huelsman
The Case for Debt-Free College
Policy Briefs
August 10, 2015
Mark Huelsman
The Affordable College Compact
Policy Briefs
September 16, 2014
Mark Huelsman
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Testimony and Public Comment
Student Debt and the Racial Wealth Gap
Testimony and Public Comment
May 22, 2020
Mark Huelsman
Letter to Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions Committee Re: Appointment of Betsy DeVos
Testimony and Public Comment
January 13, 2017
Tamara Draut
Vijay Das
Mark Huelsman
In the media
Coronavirus Could Cause a Long-Term Higher Ed Crisis
In the media
March 12, 2020
Mark Huelsman
Elizabeth Warren’s Student Debt Plan: An Outsized Economic Boon for People of Color
In the media
April 27, 2019
Mark Huelsman
State Universities Are Being Resegregated
In the media
January 30, 2019
Mark Huelsman
Betsy DeVos is failing an entire generation of students
In the media
October 18, 2018
Mark Huelsman
Affirmative Action Is Not The Problem
In the media
August 8, 2018
Mark Huelsman
When it Comes to Student Debt, It’s Really a Matter of Wealth
In the media
May 16, 2018
Mark Huelsman
Betsy DeVos Is More Out of Touch on Student Debt Than You Even Thought
In the media
March 21, 2018
Mark Huelsman
How the Trump administration is undermining students of color
In the media
July 15, 2017
Mark Huelsman
Vijay Das
A Debt-Free College State of Mind
In the media
January 5, 2017
Mark Huelsman
There's Still Time for Obama to Stop the Student Debt Crisis
In the media
January 12, 2016
Mark Huelsman
Debt Free College Should Be Debt-Free
In the media
June 11, 2015
Mark Huelsman
How to Simplify the Tax Code and Eliminate Borrowing at Public Colleges
In the media
January 23, 2015
Mark Huelsman
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Press release/statement
Demos Supports Re-introduction of the Debt-Free College Act
Press release/statement
March 6, 2019
Mark Huelsman
Blog
Yes, Student Debt Cancellation Would be a Big Deal
Blog
November 19, 2020
Mark Huelsman
Why Free College Matters in the Time of COVID
Blog
October 22, 2020
Mark Huelsman
Five Ways Higher Education Can Stop Failing Black People
Blog
June 24, 2020
Mark Huelsman
The Bloomberg Higher Ed Plan: Silent on Debt, Decent on Affordability
Blog
February 20, 2020
Mark Huelsman
The True State of Our Union under the Trump Administration
Blog
February 7, 2020
Lew Daly
Mark Huelsman
Amy Traub
Laura Williamson
Why The Latest Moderate Criticisms of Free College Don’t Make Sense
Blog
November 22, 2019
Mark Huelsman
We Have an Opportunity to Transform Higher Education for the Better. It’s Time to Do So.
Blog
October 15, 2019
Mark Huelsman
These are the Questions We Should Be Asking in the Student Debt Cancellation Debate
Blog
July 3, 2019
Mark Huelsman
With Democracy Dollars, Everyone Can Give - And Our Democracy Can Thrive
Blog
May 3, 2019
Laura Williamson
Mark Huelsman
Emmanuel Caicedo
It’s Time to Take Student Debt Cancellation and Debt Free College Seriously
Blog
April 22, 2019
Mark Huelsman
It’s Time for Progressive States to Lead on Free College
Blog
May 11, 2018
Mark Huelsman
On Free College, West Virginia is a Case Study of What to Do and Not Do
Blog
January 17, 2018
Mark Huelsman
Tax Reform and Its Automatic Budget Cuts are Starve-the-Beast in Action
Blog
November 30, 2017
Mark Huelsman
The Senate GOP Tax Bill is Still Very Bad for Public Higher Education
Blog
November 28, 2017
Mark Huelsman
The House GOP Tax Plan Robs from Middle-Class Students and Borrowers without Giving to the Poor
Blog
November 3, 2017
Mark Huelsman
How the Graham-Cassidy Health Care Bill Could Wind Up Increasing Student Loan Debt
Blog
September 21, 2017
Mark Huelsman
Want to Help Struggling Student Loan Borrowers? Start with Bankruptcy Reform
Blog
May 31, 2017
Mark Huelsman
Is Trump's Budget Actually Friendly to Low-Income Undergrads?
Blog
May 26, 2017
Mark Huelsman
Doing Free College Correctly
Blog
April 11, 2017
Mark Huelsman
We Should Be Paying A Lot More Attention to Community Colleges
Blog
March 30, 2017
Mark Huelsman
Need Last-Minute Bracket Help? These Schools Would Win if March Madness were About Affordability and Mobility
Blog
March 16, 2017
Mark Huelsman
What the Washington Post Editorial Board Gets Wrong on Student Debt
Blog
August 2, 2016
Mark Huelsman
Bracket Busted? Here’s the Sweet 16 of College Affordability
Blog
March 24, 2016
Mark Huelsman
There's Still Plenty the Obama Administration Could Do About Student Debt In Its Last Year
Blog
January 12, 2016
Mark Huelsman
Student Loans Should Be More Easily Discharged in Bankruptcy
Blog
December 1, 2015
Mark Huelsman
Donald Trump’s Kids Have Access to Debt Free College. Who Else Does?
Blog
November 16, 2015
Mark Huelsman
Student Debt and College Accountability are Not Mutually Exclusive Issues
Blog
July 28, 2015
Mark Huelsman
Student Debt Has Gotten Counterproductive and Unequal
Blog
June 19, 2015
Mark Huelsman
Five Reasons Why Debt-Free College Helps More than Just the Upper-Middle Class
Blog
May 18, 2015
Mark Huelsman
Debt-Free College is Doable
Blog
May 6, 2015
Mark Huelsman
How Can We Regulate For-Profit Colleges If We Keep Giving Them Our Credit Card?
Blog
April 1, 2015
Mark Huelsman
Today in Terrible Student Aid Ideas
Blog
March 19, 2015
Mark Huelsman
The Congressional Progressive Caucus Budget Makes the Right Investment in Higher Education
Blog
March 18, 2015
Mark Huelsman
The Federal Reserve Just Released a Boatload of Information on Student Debt. Here’s What It’s Telling Us.
Blog
February 20, 2015
Mark Huelsman
Free Community College is a Big Deal. Debt-Free College Would Be Transformative.
Blog
January 9, 2015
Mark Huelsman
What Happens When a For-Profit College Is on the Brink of Collapse?
Blog
November 15, 2014
Mark Huelsman
Germany Just Eliminated Tuition. It Wouldn’t Be That Hard for Us to Do the Same—And Then Some
Blog
October 2, 2014
Mark Huelsman
Congress Didn't Pay a Lot to Go to College. Today's Students Shouldn't Either.
Blog
September 16, 2014
Mark Huelsman
We Still Don't Know How Much Student Loans are Impacting the Housing Market
Blog
September 5, 2014
Mark Huelsman
Is Student Debt "Good Debt," "Bad Debt," or Both?
Blog
August 11, 2014
Mark Huelsman
Why College Sticker Price Still Matters
Blog
July 30, 2014
Mark Huelsman
The Most Important Piece of the Democrats’ Plan to Reauthorize the Higher Education Act
Blog
June 25, 2014
Mark Huelsman
Yes, Large Student Debt Burdens are Overblown. But We Still Have a Huge Student Debt Problem.
Blog
June 24, 2014
Mark Huelsman
The One-Two Punch of Income-Based Repayment and Student Loan Refinancing
Blog
June 9, 2014
Mark Huelsman
College is Worth it, But… (Or, Most Students Aren’t Economists)
Blog
May 28, 2014
Mark Huelsman
The Paradox of the Student Debt Crisis and "College is Worth It"
Blog
May 22, 2014
Mark Huelsman
Why Student Loan Refinancing is a No-Brainer
Blog
May 5, 2014
Mark Huelsman
Reflecting on $1 Trillion in Student Debt, and Why We're Headed for $2 Trillion
Blog
April 24, 2014
Mark Huelsman
The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy that "College Isn't for Everyone"
Blog
March 19, 2014
Mark Huelsman
The Details On Obama's Higher Education Budget
Blog
March 5, 2014
Mark Huelsman
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