This report (the first in a series of five) explores congressional efforts to mitigate that risk and encourage informed borrowing by enacting statutes related [...]

Legally mandated student loan exit counseling attempts to prepare borrowers of federal student loans for the repayment process; yet, researchers hypothesized that the online [...]
Contrary to popular wisdom on college savings, national data show that bachelor's recipients who transferred from community colleges tend to borrow as much, if [...]
Using data from national sources, this report examines debt-to-income ratios for various majors and occupations and assesses the financial boost students may get from [...]
The report highlights effective strategies at three schools in Texas chosen for their higher than average persistence, workforce placement, and Pell recipient rates, and [...]

This research report examines the factors — organizational practices and structures — that enable four Texas for-profit schools to succeed in retaining and graduating [...]
This publication summarizes 17 research studies and categorizes them according to distinct variables that may have a relationship to student loan default. Categories include [...]

A report detailing best practices that helped Texas HBCUs decrease their cohort student loan default rates. The consortium compiled the report as a resource [...]