News

• A third of Maine student loan borrowers could have their debt eliminated under plan floated by Biden (Maine Public Radio, Jan 20, 2021) https://www.mainepublic.org/post/third-maine-student-loan-borrowers-could-have-their-debt-eliminated-under-plan-floated-biden
• Report: Rich college keep getting richer (Inside Higher Ed, Nov 20, 2020)  https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/11/20/report-stark-inequity-higher-ed-funding
• Poor colleges need to get richer to put low-income students on a path to success (USA Today, Dec 15, 2020)  https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/12/15/colleges-serving-low-income-students-need-more-money-column/3893711001/
• Is forgiving college debt the best way to solve the student loan crisis? (Hechinger Report, Dec 7, 2020)  https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-is-forgiving-college-debt-the-best-way-to-solve-the-student-loan-crisis/
• Would cancelling $10,000 in student debt really help that much? (Marketplace, Nov 23, 2020) https://www.marketplace.org/2020/11/23/would-canceling-10000-in-student-debt-really-help/
• Left out: How the federal COVID-19 formula hurt some of Wisconsin’s most vulnerable college students (WSJ, Oct 25, 2020) https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/university/left-out-how-the-federal-covid-19-formula-hurt-some-of-wisconsin-s-most-vulnerable/article_43c54c60-c64e-5334-b512-d4e2c117d87a.html
• UW-Madison unveils loan forgiveness program to keep teachers in Wisconsin (Aug 19, 2020) https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/university/uw-madison-unveils-loan-forgiveness-program-to-keep-teachers-in-wisconsin/article_3f2301f6-5513-5d21-944e-bff114224fb6.html
• UW-Madison drops ACT/SAT test requirement for students applying this fall (WSJ, July 30, 2020) https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/university/uw-madison-drops-act-sat-test-requirement-for-students-applying-this-fall/article_5a691d8f-4de9-54ef-a9dd-a95416685a00.html
• Phi Kappa Phi lecture discusses student debt crisis, racial disparities (Feb 25, 2020) https://badgerherald.com/news/2020/02/25/phi-kappa-phi-lecture-discusses-student-debt-crisis-racial-disparities/
• Small UW campuses provide access to education. What would happen if they disappeared? (WSJ, Feb 23, 2020) https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/university/small-uw-campuses-provide-access-to-education-what-would-happen-if-they-disappeared/article_57359c92-e0b2-5e81-bd7d-25bffd1b28bf.html
• The growing student debt dilemma (Feb 12, 2020) https://pbswisconsin.org/watch/here-and-now/noon-wednesday-growing-student-debt-dilemma-osscyo/
• SSTAR Lab launches ‘Student Debt in Wisconsin’ series https://education.wisc.edu/news/sstar-lab-launches-student-debt-in-wisconsin-series/
• A laboratory for financial aid https://onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/on_campus/a-laboratory-for-financial-aid/
• Research meets practice at UW-Madison student success lab (Feb 20, 2019) https://www.acenet.edu/News-Room/Pages/Research-Meets-Practice-at-UW-Madison-Student-Success-Lab.aspx
• UW-Madison brings student outcomes data crunchers into aid office (Feb 7, 2019) https://www.educationdive.com/news/uw-madison-brings-student-outcomes-data-crunchers-into-aid-office/547891/
• SSTAR Lab examining solutions for making higher education more affordable (Feb 5, 2019) https://news.wisc.edu/sstar-lab-examining-solutions-for-making-higher-education-more-affordable/
• UW-Madison unveils ‘Bucky’s Tuition Promise,’ latest commitment to state students (Feb 8, 2018) https://news.wisc.edu/uw-madison-unveils-buckys-tuition-promise-latest-commitment-to-state-students/