“Blockchain is a shared, immutable ledger that facilitates the process of recording transactions and tracking assets in a business network. An asset can be tangible or intangible.”
Source: What is blockchain? | IBM
A brief 12-minute podcast about government funding of higher education.
“PSLF really is “for real” and can work. But it was not an easy process, nor was it stress-free.”
Source: What It’s Like To Apply for Public Service Loan Forgiveness
“The U.S. Department of Education’s internal unit that handles defaulted federal student loans is in complete disarray. A chronic staffing shortage is causing borrowers and their advocates to experience unprecedented, hours-long wait times – sometimes ending in dropped calls.”
Source: The Dept. Of Education’s Loan Default Unit Is In Disarray
“An income-share agreement is a contract between a student and a pool of investors, whereby the investors would fund all or part of the student’s college education. In exchange, the student would remit a percentage of their income back to the investors for a period of time (typically between 10 and 30 years).”
“It is outrageous that an executive from the student loan company that has cheated students and taxpayers — and is at the center of every major industry scandal over the past decade — is now in charge of protecting borrowers’ rights.”
Source: You Won’t Believe Who’s Overseeing Student Loan Protections