Education Equity, Inc.

[...] argument to be made for additional funding on the margin, practically speaking, neither the Federal Government of the United States, nor any of the Midwestern States are in a position to plausibly and [...]

[...] a societal sub-optimal level of investment in the education of low-income students. The Federal Government’s current policy response to this sub-optimal investment level is to subsidize, and [...]

[...] the bill for an education that never happened. The many individually rational decisions by low-income students to not borrow and not pursue higher education aggregate into a societal sub-optimal level [...]

[...] States are in a position to plausibly and significantly increase their expenditures on student financial aid. Finally (and not to belabor what is truly obvious), unlike the current elevated cost of [...]

[...] financial aid programs. One of the most important, yet less obvious, failings of the current system for Federal student financial aid is that lower-income students are increasingly [...]

[...] , it is crucial to understand the current structure’s failings. What is wrong with the current system? Why doesn’t the Federal Government’s annual delivery of $125 billion in student [...]

[...] not enormous room for improvement in how we finance higher education. Levels of spending on education continue to increase but the results are not getting better; future results will certainly not be [...]

[...] between education and compensation rates, remains overwhelmingly robust. Higher levels of education continue to correlate strongly with higher rates of employment and higher rates of compensation. The [...]

[...] from the price-signaling messages contained in the students’ choices. These better-informed student choices will include the longer-term view and experience of their funders, along with the [...]

[...] . One of the most important, yet less obvious, failings of the current system for Federal student financial aid is that lower-income students are increasingly reluctant to take on the individual [...]

[...] private capital. Few capitalists are presently searching for opportunity in the student financial aid sector or the “Human Capital” sector, but they are seeking alternatives to [...]

[...] ’ self-interest will be activated to help students make better use of their educational investment. This means that not only will the downside risk be shared by student and funder, [...]