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In The New York Times, Susan Dynarski describes “The wrong way to fix student debt”

May 8, 2017

In a May 6 “Economic View” column for The New York Times, "The wrong way to fix student debt," Susan Dynarski describes three recent regulatory changes that are “making student loans riskier, more expensive and more burdensome for borrowers.”The...

Susan Dynarski on Michigan Radio's "Stateside": Ways to fix America’s student loan mess

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EPI’s DC conference, “Restructuring student loans: Lessons from abroad"

Jun 14, 2016

Roughly 100 guests—including policymakers, practitioners, and members of the press—attended “Restructuring student loans: Lessons from abroad,” a conference organized by Susan Dynarski, co-founder and co-director of the Ford School’s Education...

EPI’s DC conference, “Restructuring student loans: Lessons from abroad"

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An Economist's Perspective on Student Loans in the United States

September 1, 2014

Susan Dynarski

In this paper, I provide an economic perspective on policy issues related to student debt in the United States. I lay out the economic rationale for government provision of student loans and summarize time trends in student borrowing. I describe the...

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Loans for Educational Opportunity: Making Borrowing Work for Today's Students

October 1, 2013

Susan Dynarski, Daniel Kreisman

Borrowing for college has risen for decades, and today 7 million of these student loans are in default. Yet the cost of borrowing is far lower than the lifetime payoff to college, which is estimated to be hundreds of thousands of dollars. Moreover,...

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