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Ep. 55. The Numbers Behind Student Debt Relief
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The Biden Administration recently announced a student loan debt relief plan offering up to $20,000 in debt forgiveness for certain borrowers. The announcement also contained details about a new income-driven repayment plan that will reduce monthly payments for lower and middle-income borrowers. On this episode of Policy Outsider, Brian Backstrom, director of education policy studies at the Institute, joins guest host Joel Tirado to discuss the details of this relief plan and the interesting challenge of calculating the size of its benefits.
Guest: Brian Backstrom, director of education policy studies at the Rockefeller Institute
For more in-depth analysis, visit the student debt research series below:
- States Step In: Relieving the Burden of Student Loan Debt
- Relieving the Burden of Student Loan Debt
- State-Sponsored Child Investment Accounts: Helping Parents Save for College, Helping Students Avoid Loan Debt
- Student Debt In New York State: A Compendium of Work by the Rockefeller Institute of Government
104 episodes
Manage episode 341056020 series 2710056
The Biden Administration recently announced a student loan debt relief plan offering up to $20,000 in debt forgiveness for certain borrowers. The announcement also contained details about a new income-driven repayment plan that will reduce monthly payments for lower and middle-income borrowers. On this episode of Policy Outsider, Brian Backstrom, director of education policy studies at the Institute, joins guest host Joel Tirado to discuss the details of this relief plan and the interesting challenge of calculating the size of its benefits.
Guest: Brian Backstrom, director of education policy studies at the Rockefeller Institute
For more in-depth analysis, visit the student debt research series below:
- States Step In: Relieving the Burden of Student Loan Debt
- Relieving the Burden of Student Loan Debt
- State-Sponsored Child Investment Accounts: Helping Parents Save for College, Helping Students Avoid Loan Debt
- Student Debt In New York State: A Compendium of Work by the Rockefeller Institute of Government
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