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Ah, it’s summer time, the days when the perpetual deadlines during the semester don’t exist. It also means the insanity slows down a bit, so I have time for less serious things. Ultra Spiritual Life is a series of parody videos by a YouTube user with account name AwakenWithJP. The videos vary from beyond hysterical […] … learn more→
Tag Archives: student loans
Ultra spiritual parody: Higher Education
Most students borrow for college, but are they financially literate?
August is here, and many families are preparing their children for the next academic challenge – a college education. By and large, a college degree is viewed as an important credential for gainful employment and professional success. At the same time, college is costly, and college financing strategies are complex. Students and their families use […] … learn more→
Campus criminality: 40% of debtors weren’t educated about loans
Time and again I’ve claimed that many of our institutions of higher education, whether state, non-profit, or for-profit, are basically scams that exist only to suck students in, fleece them of their student loan money, and spit them out. I’ve backed up my claims with extensive documentation, from community colleges run almost completely fraudulently (yes, […] … learn more→
Why are borrowers taxed on forgiven student loans?
Four million. That’s the number of borrowers enrolled in income-based repayment plans, where a borrower pays a share of her income for a set number of years after which any remaining balance is forgiven, and enrollment has more than doubled since 2013. These plans, which President Obama mentioned as a major success of his presidency […] … learn more→
Student loans as wealth transfer
With tens of millions of people now being victims of student loans, the country is finally starting to ask “Who created the victims?” A recent article examines how the student loan scam has transferred wealth from human beings that can’t afford to lose their wealth, but fails to manage to find any human beings responsible […] … learn more→
In praise of Federal loans for College
The outcry over the growing burden of Stafford student loans is loud and getting louder. A recent Wall Street Journal article characterized it as \”a hot issue in the 2016 presidential race as contenders float proposals that rethink what college should cost and who should foot the bill.\” Those proposals are likely to involve recommended […] … learn more→
What does income-based repayment for student loans cost?
The latest figures are out from the Department of Education and the share of borrowers using Income-Based Repayment (IBR) to repay federal student loans is rising rapidly. It now stands at 28 percent of Direct Loan balances in repayment. Naturally, many want to know what this program costs. That isn’t an easy number to come by, although […] … learn more→
Student debt 101: dearth of data fuels common misperceptions
As this year’s crop of college graduates don their caps and gowns and listen to inspiring commencement addresses before embarking on uncertain futures, they’ll also hear a lot about the consequences of the large debts most of them amassed attaining a degree. Such as: student loan debt is a drain on the economy. Debt prevents […] … learn more→
Three years of lower student loan interest rates: Borrowers save $36billion
The results are in and interest rates on federal student loans are set to drop for the 2015-16 school year. Undergraduates will see rates drop from 4.66 percent to 4.29 percent. But this boon for borrowers almost wasn’t. Student aid advocates and liberal Democrats in the Senate vehemently opposed the policy that caused rates to […] … learn more→
The strange history of the student borrower defenses provision
The only thing growing faster than the cost of college is the number of former Corinthian College students refusing to pay their debts. What started as a 15 person strike has now grown to approximately 100 people. The protest is raising important big-picture questions of what role the U.S. Department of Education should play in […] … learn more→
