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New Study Outlines the Crippling Costs of Climate Change to Millennials and Their Children
Press release/statement

10 Ways Student Debt Is Blocking the Economic Mobility of Young Americans

Policy Briefs
Jack Temple
Heather C. McGhee
Tamara Draut

Student loans are treated differently than almost every other form of debt incurred by American households. 

Research

14 Big Ideas to Build a Strong & Diverse Middle Class

Policy Briefs
David Callahan
Tamara Draut
Loans may be one solution for helping students afford college and increase achievement, but grants that don't have to be repaid is another. The researchers are working on a new study that examines the academic effects of federal loans versus grant aid and agree that the effects of the federal Pell
In the media
Ashley A. Smith
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Empty chairs in a college classroom
If the goal is to resegregate higher education, the efforts have largely worked. Amid budget cuts and attacks on affirmative action, elite public colleges are enrolling fewer black students than they were a generation ago.
In the media
Mark Huelsman

A comprehensive look at how the reality of debt-financed college impacts the whole pipeline of decision-making related to college.

Research
Mark Huelsman

Why a return to a debt-free system of public universities and colleges would help revive the promise of affordable higher education regardless of one’s family income.

Policy Briefs
Mark Huelsman

How a Shared Definition of College Affordability Exposes a Crisis for Low-Income Students

Research
Mark Huelsman

As with any big reform, the push for debt-free college has been met with pushback among a skeptical elite. We have answers for their major concerns.

Policy Briefs
Mark Huelsman