FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH STUDENT LOAN DEFAULT AMONG DIFFERENT RACIAL AND ETHNIC-GROUPS

Authors
VOLKWEIN JF SZELEST BP CABRERA AF NAPIERSKIPRANCL MR
Citation
Jf. Volkwein et al., FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH STUDENT LOAN DEFAULT AMONG DIFFERENT RACIAL AND ETHNIC-GROUPS, The Journal of higher education, 69(2), 1998, pp. 206
Citations number
87
Categorie Soggetti
Education & Educational Research
Journal title
The Journal of higher education → ACNP
ISSN journal
00221546
Volume
69
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1546(1998)69:2<206:FAWSLD>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Borrowers with similar earned degrees, marital status, and number of d ependent children exhibit similar levels of income and loan default, r egardless of race or ethnic group. Our research suggests that campuses can best assist their student borrowers by promoting good academic pe rformance and student degree completion and disputes the national poli cy that holds institutions rather than individuals accountable for def ault behavior resulting from factors that are beyond campus control.