Student Loans
Brookings scholars and other experts analyze the scale of student debt in the United States, how it affects borrowers, and what policy changes could provide those borrowers relief.
Report
Student loan forgiveness is regressive whether measured by income, education, or wealth
Adam Looney argues that only targeted policies can address the inequities caused by federal student lending programs.
Income Inequality & Social Mobility
Student loans, the racial wealth divide, and why we need full student debt cancellation
Anti-Black polices across multiple sectors have diminished wealth-building opportunities that accelerate economic and social mobility. To ignore wealth disparities in the search for solutions to the student debt crisis is to turn a blind eye to the systemic racism that created the crisis itself.
Higher Education
Higher education performance and accountability: Insights from a new visualization tool
Few federal guardrails ensure that federal student loans avoid supporting enrollment in institutions where poor outcomes can be expected. Past higher education accountability efforts improved student outcomes, but old systems need to be adapted to new realities in higher education.
Education
3 ways Biden can help families and student loan borrowers
Sarah Sattelmeyer explores three opportunities for the Biden administration to address the challenges facing families, students, and current and future borrowers in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reports
Adam Looney
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies
Executive Director, Marriner S. Eccles Institute, University of Utah
Stephanie Riegg Cellini
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies, Brown Center on Education Policy
