Posts Tagged: Federal Direct Student Loan Program (FDLP)

Time to Turn Attention to a Different Debt Limit: Downsize Federal Student Loan Programs

I have spent much of my working life studying and promoting student loans. As a good liberal Democrat, I spent years arguing for the expansion of the old Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) which had its roots in Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty. My professional life included stints working for one of the nonprofit FFELP agencies and being a co-founder of an entirely private nonprofit, ...