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  • What the student loan payment pause has meant to Black women

    Danielle Douglas-Gabriel

    April 03, 2022 |

    The Washington Post |

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    The two-year pause on federal student loan payments in the United States during the pandemic allowed Black women, who share a disproportionate amount of the country’s student debt, to redirect the money they would typically use for repayment toward other needs.

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  • A new way emerges to cover college tuition. But is it a better way?

    Danielle Douglas-Gabriel

    December 31, 2017 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Several private colleges are considering an alternative to traditional student grants and loans - Income Share Agreements (ISAs) - in which colleges or outside capital sources provide loans to students with the promise that students will pay a percentage of their income with no interest for a set period of time after graduation. Critics argue that the arrangement will simply add to existing student debt and favor students in higher-paying math and science majors, programs in which minorities lack proportionate representation. Can colleges adjust the financing model to take into account these concerns?

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