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Time to Turn Attention to a Different Debt Limit: Downsize Federal Student Loan Programs
by Thomas D. Parker
July 25, 2011
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 ...
Read MoreTags: Federal Direct Student Loan Program (FDLP), FFELP, First Marblehead Corporation, Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), student loans, Thomas D. Parker | 7 Comments