college costs

3 min read 2023-03-19 03:07:00

Options for students in debt: Loan forgiveness for some, loan interest tax deduction for others

Photo by Andrea Piacquadio Forgiveness of debt piled up by college students has been a campaign mainstay in recent elections. It finally became a

4 min read 2023-03-16 06:15:20

It takes a different kind of math to figure possible tax credit help to cover college costs. (Photo by Karolina Grabowska) It's spring break time

3 min read 2022-10-12 03:33:41

It was hard to miss last month’s controversial move by the White House to cancel an estimated half of a trillion dollars in student debt using

2 min read 2022-09-16 05:10:58

First, the question was whether student loan forgiveness should be done and then whether doing so would be legal. Now, even though the answer to the

8 min read 2022-08-29 10:50:10

Not yet in office for two years, President Joe Biden is upping his election-minded giveaways. In this case, he is offering as much as $20,000 to

4 min read 2022-08-23 08:04:58

School is back, and that means homework. College students and their parents especially need to review some lessons on ways the Internal Revenue Code

1 min read 2022-06-11 04:06:26

Today we learned that Mitch Daniels, former governor of Indiana and current president of Purdue University will be stepping down from his post at the

4 min read 2022-05-03 19:00:12

The Pell Grant covers less than 30 percent of the costs to attend a four-year public college. Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images by

2 min read 2021-12-22 18:00:13

This blog post is part of AEI’s Best Podcasts of 2021 series. Click here to see other AEI podcast hosts’ favorite episodes of the year. In my

2 min read 2021-12-15 22:30:29

Last week, the White House indicated that the pause on student loan repayments, initiated during the Trump administration at the onset of the

7 min read 2021-04-22 03:56:16

It’s late in the college admission season, but schools are still giving out college scholarships to those who know where to look. The pandemic

1 min read 2021-04-22 03:56:16

It’s late in the college admission season, but schools are still giving out college scholarships to those who know where to look. The pandemic

5 min read 2021-04-13 18:00:03

Quality Journalism for Critical Times For Florida families, planning for college begins long before a senior in high school submits his or her first

4 min read 2021-01-14 03:26:02

In summary Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to spend $15 million to develop more degree programs that include free textbooks, taking aim at the “usurious

6 min read 2020-12-11 05:10:16

In summary The new information gives new insight into intergenerational debt. Experts argue that the federal loans taken out by low-income parents