The Morass of Re-Privatizing Federal Student Loans

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Published February 8, 2017
Updated February 8, 2017

The Morass of Re-Privatizing Federal Student Loans

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James Decker
Former Graphic Designer
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Tamara Hiler
Former Director of Social Policy, Education & Politics
  • James Decker, Former Graphic Designer
  • Tamara Hiler, Former Director of Social Policy, Education & Politics

Some have suggested reintroducing private lending into the federal loan system, but the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program was unnecessarily complicated and required the federal government to pay third-party entities billions in taxpayer subsidies to carry out the same lending functions the Department of Education can handle on its own.

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