Student Loans

Subprime Student Loan Crisis | NHPR

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:46:00 -0500

The New America Foundation's Stephen Burd has been investigating the for-profit college industry for The Washington Monthly and joins us with more on what ...

Continuing Ed: For-Profits | New York Times

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:14:00 -0400

... so your life isn't ruined even if you fail out,” says Stephen Burd, editor of the New America Foundation's Higher Ed Watch blog. ...

The Subprime Student Loan Racket

Erin Drankoski — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:57:00 -0400

Student Loan Law Could Change | Bismarck Tribune

Erin Drankoski — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:56:00 -0400

The public-private arrangement made sense 40 years ago when the government needed local banks to handle lending across the country, said Jason Delisle of the New America Foundation, a nonprofit policy institute. Changes in technology and regulations have since it possible for the government to lend directly. ... Original Article

Should the Federal Student Loan Program Be Changed? | The Kansas City Star

Erin Drankoski — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:49:00 -0400

Back to School for Student Loans | National Journal

Erin Drankoski — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:54:00 -0400

Firing back at the Republicans, Jason Delisle wrote in Higher Ed Watch, a blog at the New America Foundation, that the revised CBO estimate at the very least confirms that direct lending is significantly cheaper than the FFEL program, even if by a smaller margin than first thought. Delisle, who supports Miller’s bill, was formerly a Republican staffer on the Senate Budget Committee. ... Original Article

Obama's Real Reform | Rolling Stone

Erin Drankoski — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:32:00 -0400

"The student-loan industry is as close as you can get to letting industry set their own subsidy rates," says Jason Delisle, a veteran Republican budget staffer who now directs the Federal Education Budget Project for the nonpartisan New America Foundation. "Congress was writing these subsides into law, and the lobbyists encourage them to make it as high as possible." ... Original Article

Today Student Loans, Tomorrow Health Care | National Review Online

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:13:00 -0400

... and pocket the difference all day,” says Jason Delisle, director of the Federal Education Budget Project at the New America Foundation. ...