student debt
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Federal debt relief access for Colorado adjunct professors passes
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Many of the 10,500 adjunct professors working in Colorado could receive federal student debt relief – thanks to a bill passed by the Colorado legislature on Wednesday. If signed into law, Senate Bill 84 would make adjunct professors eligible for the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness program by multiplying the hours they work by 4.35 to meet the program’s…
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White House report: Nearly 300,000 Coloradans approved for student debt relief
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Nearly 300,000 Coloradans are approved to have their debt canceled if President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program is enacted, according to a new report. A White House count released Friday showed that 295,000 Coloradans are fully approved for debt relief. That is almost two-thirds of the 471,000 Coloradans who applied or were automatically eligible…
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Polis signs bill banning Colorado colleges, universities from withholding diplomas over student debt
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Colleges and universities in Colorado are no longer allowed to withhold diplomas or transcripts because of a student’s unpaid debt – thanks to legislation Gov. Jared Polis signed into law on Thursday. House Bill 1049 prohibits higher education institutions from refusing to provide transcripts or diplomas to students who have unpaid fees, parking tickets or other…
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Colorado Democrats approve banning colleges, universities from withholding diplomas over debt
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Democrats in the Colorado legislature passed a bill Tuesday to ban colleges and universities from withholding diplomas or transcripts because of a student’s unpaid debt. The state Senate approved House Bill 1049 in a 20-13 party-line vote, with Democrats in support and Republicans in opposition. The bill now heads to the House to confirm changes…
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House Democrats OK banning colleges, universities from withholding diplomas over student debt
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In a vote almost entirely along party lines, the state House of Representatives passed a bill Monday to ban colleges and universities from withholding diplomas or transcripts because of a student’s unpaid debt. The House advanced House Bill 1049 in a 40-24 vote, sending it to the state Senate for approval. All representatives who voted in support…
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Let’s protect Colorado’s students from unscrupulous loan servicers
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It’s no secret that student loan debt is a growing national problem, and Colorado is no exception; more than 761,000 Coloradans owe $24.75 billion in student loans in our state alone. As the cost of college continues to rise, and the burden of paying for school falls on students and their families, more and more…
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Q&A with Scott Wasserman: ‘The best politics are centered around policy debates, not culture wars’
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The Bell Policy Center is by many accounts the brain trust of Colorado’s center-left. Meet the brain-truster in chief, Scott Wasserman. Going on two years now as the think tank’s president, Wasserman helms an operation that provides a knowledge base and idea incubator for many of the state’s leading Democratic policy makers. But Wasserman doesn’t…
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Don’t let Congress undermine students’ ability to pay for higher ed
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Just as the nation’s attention to underserved communities and sexual assault victims has increased, the U.S. House of Representatives has – acting purely along partisan lines – taken steps that have the potential to significantly harm these groups. The House is currently considering a bill, inaptly named the “PROSPER Act,” that would drastically limit the…
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A conservative policy shop comes to the rescue of students stalked by ‘walking debt’
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Denver-area talk radio’s Jimmy Sengenberger and his right-leaning Millennial Policy Center are injecting a dose of fiscal conservatism, along with a shot of zany humor, into the perennial debate over the crushing debt of student loans. In a low-budget video hat tip to the vintage Boris Karloff flick (and to generations of schlock horror), Sengenberger spars…
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Hooker: White House report affirms: National dialogue misses details of student debt
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A new White House report on student debt affirms what Colorado State University’s president and other leaders in higher education have been saying publicly for years: Despite rising public concerns about college student debt loads, students at four-year public universities have lower average debt and are better able to repay those loans than students who…
