Faculty Diversity and Student Success Go Hand in Hand, So Why Are University Faculties So White?
Faculty diversity plays a key role in college student completion and can have a major impact on students’ sense…
Income-Driven Repayment Plans Fail Black Borrowers
November 16, 2022 by Victoria Jackson, Jalil B. Mustaffa, Ph.D. Approximately 43 million Americans collectively owe $1.6 trillion in federal student loan debt, but this debt is not borne…
How Student Debt Harms Black Borrowers’ Mental Health
July 28, 2022 by Victoria Jackson, Jalil B. Mustaffa, Ph.D. Approximately 45 million Americans carry $1.7 trillion in student loan debt, but the financial challenges facing Black borrowers are…
How Black Women Experience Student Debt
April 07, 2022 by Victoria Jackson, Brittani Williams Forty-five million Americans collectively owe $1.7 trillion in student loan debt, and women hold nearly two-thirds of it. But…
Jim Crow Debt
October 20, 2021 by Jalil B. Mustaffa, Ph.D., Jonathan Davis Student debt has been a crisis for years, and the pandemic has only exacerbated matters for many borrowers. This is especially true for Black borrowers, who are among those most negatively affected by student loans.