<p>Pew’s student debt project champions practical policy changes to prevent unmanageable student debt burdens, avoid unnecessary borrowing and help students finance their educations more wisely.<br /></p> http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room.aspx <p>College debt can warp the career possibilities of new graduates. The Pew-supported Project on Student Debt helped the public understand the problem and also advanced common-sense, cost-effective policy solutions at the federal level to improve student loan programs.</p> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:30:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=57880&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Student Debt&WT.rss_a=Lessons Learned: Lifting the Burden of Student Debt (Spring 2010 Trust Magazine article)&WT.z_contenttype=Summary <p>Lauren Asher, president of the Institute for College Access & Success, issued a statement on the student loan proposal announced by President Obama.</p> Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:30:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=56946&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Student Debt&WT.rss_a=Obama Proposes More Affordable Student Loan Payments&WT.z_contenttype=PressRelease <p>The Project on Student Debt reports that the <font size="3" face="Times New Roman">U.S. Department of Education has released a preview of college “cohort default rates” for federal student loans.</font></p> Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:30:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=56473&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Student Debt&WT.rss_a=New Default Rate Data for Federal Student Loans: 44% of Defaulters Attended For-Profit Institutions&WT.z_contenttype=PressRelease <p>The Project on Student Debt's fourth annual report on the student loan debt of new college graduates. The analysis of the most recent available data found that student debt continued to rise even as it got harder for recent graduates to find jobs, and that debt levels vary considerably from state to state and college to college.</p> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:10:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=56300&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Student Debt&WT.rss_a=Student Debt and the Class of 2008&WT.z_contenttype=Report <p>A new report by the Project on Student Debt includes state-by-state and campus-by-campus student debt averages for class of 2008.</p> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:30:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=56283&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Student Debt&WT.rss_a=Recent College Grads Face Record Debt and Unemployment&WT.z_contenttype=PressRelease <p>Lauren Asher, president of the Institute for College Access & Success, issued a statement on new findings from the College Board, which shed important light on how students are paying for college and the role of student loans.</p> Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:30:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=55500&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Student Debt&WT.rss_a=Statement on College Board 'Trends' Reports Released Today&WT.z_contenttype=PressRelease <p>The Project on Student Debt has released a new report which finds that nearly one in 10 community college students in the U.S. can't get a federal loan if they need one because their schools choose not to participate in the federal loan programs.</p> Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:30:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=55353&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Student Debt&WT.rss_a=900,000 Students Blocked from Federal Student Loans&WT.z_contenttype=PressRelease <p>This report  finds that nearly one in 10 community college students in the U.S. can’t get a federal loan if they need one because their schools choose not to participate in the federal loan programs.</p> Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:35:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=55352&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Student Debt&WT.rss_a=Getting with the Program: Community College Students Need Access to Federal Loans&WT.z_contenttype=Report <p>Lauren Asher, president of the Institute for College Access & Success, provided testimony in a Congressional hearing on private student loans and bankruptcy.</p> <p> </p> Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:20:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=55183&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Student Debt&WT.rss_a=Testimony of Lauren Asher Before the House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law&WT.z_contenttype=Speech Terms and Conditions Page http://www.pewtrusts.org/terms_and_conditions.aspx