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  1. Dr Terri Friedline, Why children’s savings accounts should be America’s next wealth transfer program

    February 6, 2018

    Dr. Terri Friedline is AEDI Faculty Director for Financial Inclusion and Assistant Professor in the School of Social Welfare at the University of Kansas. In August, Dr. Friedline had a piece published in Huffington Post. Title, 

  2. Straight Talk MD with Frank Sweeny

    October 31, 2017

    College tuition has become unaffordable to many highly qualified students from middle and low income families. 7 out of 10 college students today must take out loans to pay for college. For those who choose to take on these loans, it means crushing debt that will threaten their future financial...

  3. How to Pay for Free Community College

    October 5, 2017

    The popularity of college promise programs -- or tuition-free initiatives for community colleges and in some cases for four-year degrees -- has been growing across the country in the last few years.

    But despite enthusiasm from families, policy makers, businesses and organizations to...

  4. Merging of Savings Accounts Proposed for College Funding

    October 4, 2017

    Children’s savings accounts and college promise initiatives could be stronger if the two funding mechanisms for higher education were merged together, a professor argues in new paper that drew praise from a U.S. Senator who says he plans to pursue legislation and funding that would make it...

  5. CSAs Highlighted in The Hill, a popular blog read by members of Congress

    August 10, 2017

    CSAs were highlighted in The Hill, a popular blog read by members of Congress. The author refers to San Francisco’s K2C program as well as Dr. Elliott’s research supporting the positive effects of even small savings amounts.

  6. Dr. Elliott and Melinda Lewis co-author Piece for New America

    August 10, 2017

    In December 2016, when the greater-than-expected costs of student debt forgiveness within Income-Based Repayment plans was prominent in the news, Dr. Elliott and Melinda Lewis co-authored a piece for New America about the true costs and insufficiencies of IBR schemes

  7. Dr. Elliott Interviewed for Inversant’s Podcast Series

    August 10, 2017

    Demonstrating AEDI’s commitment to engaging in multiple media formats, Dr. Elliott was interviewed for Inversant’s podcast series.  He framed CSAs as conduits for wealth transfers that are uniquely consistent with American values.

  8. Dr. Elliott Wrote About Inequities in the Financial Aid System for Talk Poverty

    August 10, 2017

    Dr. Elliott wrote a piece for Talk Poverty about how inequities in the financial aid system constrain upward mobility and undermine education’s potency as an equalizing force in society, as well as how CSAs can counter these effects.

  9. MarketWatch Features Dr. Elliott’s research

    August 10, 2017

    MarketWatch featured Dr. Elliott’s research documenting the extent to which student debt slows college graduates’ ascent to the median of the income and wealth distributions, in October 2016.  The piece subsequently generated some

  10. Professor: Student Debt Threatening American Dream

    July 22, 2015
  11. Time for Revolution in Higher Education Funding has Come, Professors Say

    July 21, 2015
  12. Advantaging the Advantaged Once Again

    July 20, 2015
  13. Are Child Savings Accounts Our Way Out of the Student Debt Crisis?

    July 17, 2015
  14. It’s Not a Financial Aid Package. It’s a Debt Package

    July 16, 2015
  15. Panel Examines Long-Term Effects of Student Debt Crisis

    July 16, 2015
  16. Great Equalizer No More

    July 15, 2015
  17. The Real College Debt Crisis

    July 15, 2015
  18. Paying the Price Podcast

    July 13, 2015
  19. New Concepts for College Debt

    July 2, 2015
  20. Looking for the next crisis? Try Student Debt

    June 24, 2015
  21. How to Break the Millennial Debt Spiral

    June 22, 2015
  22. The High Economic and Social Costs of Student Loan Debt

    June 15, 2015
  23. College Savings Accounts Could Be A Key Tool For Reducing Student Debt

    March 20, 2015
  24. Here's Why You Should Open a Savings Account for Kids

    March 11, 2015
  25. Why American Students are Struggling with, and Defaulting on, Small Debt

    February 23, 2015