In the thirty years since Massey and Denton's American Apartheid, sociological scholarship
on segregation has proliferated, calling attention to the ways in which the social geography …

At a time when the returns to college and graduate school are at historic highs, why do so
many students struggle with their student loans? The increase in aggregate student debt …

Early research on the returns to higher education treated the postsecondary system as a
monolith. In reality, postsecondary education in the United States and around the world is …

Most public colleges and universities rely heavily on state financial support. As state budgets
have tightened in recent decades, appropriations for higher education have declined …

We study the distributional consequences of student debt forgiveness in present value
terms, accounting for differences in repayment behavior across the earnings distribution. Full …

Higher education in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has expanded dramatically in
the new millennium, yet enrollment in short-cycle programs (SCPs) is still relatively low …

The federal student aid system has emerged as the primary source of funding for students
pursuing a wide range of subbaccalaureate credentials. But the eligibility rules for federal …

Borrowing for education has increased rapidly in the past several decades, such that the
majority of non-housing debt on US households' balance sheets is now student loan debt …

Research finds a weak causal relationship between student loan debt and homeownership.
Still, less access to generational wealth among young Black adults is a root cause of higher …

The federal government invests significant taxpayer resources each year to support
students' access to and success in postsecondary education. The main source of this …