A Promise Worth Keeping
October 21, 2020 by Free college programs have been around for some time, but they have proliferated in recent years, prompted by rising…
Equity-Focused “Free College” Movement Picks Up Steam
October 21, 2020 by EdTrust Several programs improve, one state gets it right, yet most college “promise” programs exclude too many of today’s students, according to new analysis from The Education Trust WASHINGTON – Before…
Trump Vetoes Measure to Restore Student Loan Borrower Rights
June 01, 2020 by Wil Del Pilar, Ph.D. WASHINGTON (June 1, 2020) – Today, Wil Del Pilar, vice president for higher education at The Education Trust, issued the following statement: “President Trump’s decision to veto a bipartisan congressional…
John B. King Jr. Testimony On FY 2020 Funding Before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
May 31, 2020 by John B. King Jr., J.D., Ed.D. Written Testimony for the Record On behalf of John B. King Jr. President and CEO The Education Trust Before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education…
Testimony of John B. King, Jr. on FY21 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill
May 21, 2020 by EdTrust Written Testimony for the Record On behalf of John B. King Jr. President and CEO The Education Trust Before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education…
Student Loans Are a Labor Issue
April 16, 2020 by Jalil B. Mustaffa, Ph.D. Canceling student loans is front and center in the national discussion because coalitions like The Debt Collective and Movement for Black Lives put it there. As a part of a…
To Tackle the Black Student Debt Crisis, Target the Racial Wealth Gap
April 16, 2020 by Fenaba R. Addo, William Darity, Jr. It is well documented that Black students borrow more for college and have higher rates of nonpayment and default. Among college graduates, the average Black borrower has more than $7,000…
Can Debt Relief and Investment in HBCUs Level the Playing Field for Black Students?
April 16, 2020 by Ashley Harrington From our nation’s founding to the present, government-sponsored and supported policies have relegated Black Americans to the outskirts of mainstream society. Since the first Africans were forcibly brought, in 1619,…
Black Students Hold Too Much Debt, and the Way Out Includes More and Better Career Counseling
April 16, 2020 by Krystal L. Williams Student loan debt is a major concern. Recent estimates suggest that the national student loan debt level is nearly $1.5 trillion, with the average college undergraduate graduating with about $30,000…