Although some object to labeling it a “crisis,” there is at least widespread consensus that, whatever we call it, our higher education system could be improved. Student loan debt in the United States tops $1.6 trillion. And as many as one in 10 of those 44 million borrowers are defaulting on their debt. Higher education costs and student loan debt…
This article originally appeared as a column for the Cleveland Jewish News. At the end of July, the Urban Institute released a report on delinquent debt in America, and the figures were rather astonishing. Using 2013 data obtained from TransUnion, the institute sought to study the nature of American consumer (non-mortgage) debt. What they found was that nearly 12 million…
