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AEI event TOMORROW! (opens the original)
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Friends, tomorrow I am hosting a really exciting event at AEI. We’ll be talking about the financing of graduate and professional education in a post-OBBB (post- Grad PLUS) policy environment. Sarah Turner (UVA) and I will be releasing our new report on the state of the private student loan market. And we’ll have key voices in policy and advocacy to talk through all angles of this policy transition. We’ll close the day with a fireside chat with Undersecretary Nicholas Kent. I’m super excited abou
Rethinking Predatory Student Lending (opens the original)
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The post-Grad PLUS era of graduate and professional school finance is now upon us. Students and campus administrators are navigating a new reality in which the federal loan program no longer provides a blank check to every borrower. Against this backdrop, many are concerned that predatory lenders will emerge to capitalize on the transition. In my new piece for AEI Ideas, I explain what constitutes predatory lending and why the new policy regime may leave borrowers better protected than the syste
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