Author Archives: Leslie Carbone
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Student Deadbeats vs. U.S. Taxpayers
April 9, 2007- Leslie Carbone Article published In The Providence Journal American colleges accept a variety of financial incentives from some large student loan companies, like Sallie Mae, to steer students to borrow from them, New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo charged on March [Read More...] -
Shifting Interest Won’t Cut College Costs
January 23, 2007- Leslie Carbone Article published in The Baltimore Sun The House of Representatives last week approved a plan to increase federal higher education spending. The measure moves on to debate in the Senate. But the policy’s financial planning looks a lot like the [Read More...] -
Shifting Interest Won’t Lower College Costs
January 16, 2007- Leslie Carbone Issue Brief Congress appears poised to approve a new plan to increase federal higher education spending. But the policy’s financial planning looks a lot like the stereotypical undergrad’s. The plan would cut the interest rate on student loans in half [Read More...] -
How to Contain College Costs
December 12, 2006- Leslie Carbone Op Ed published in The San Francisco Chronicle The cost of a college education continues to climb, with federal subsidies struggling to keep up. The recent call by Congressional Democrats to cut student loan interest rates in half offers an [Read More...] -
Student Loan Mayhem
October 23, 2006- Leslie Carbone Article published in The Washington Times The cost of a college education continues to climb — and with it the amount of debt that students and taxpayers assume to pay for this stepping stone toward the American dream. Near-universal access [Read More...]
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