When potential students search online with terms such as “become a police officer in Chicago” or “state trooper college,” a link to Westwood’s criminal justice program pops up near the top of the results. Many students reasonably believe that...
Join Woodstock Institute and CFPB staff for a webinar to explain how to let the CFPB know what you’re seeing on the ground. Your input will help get relief for the people you serve and help the CFPB make...
140527_woodstock_gainfulemployment.pdf This letter urges the Department of Education to strengthen the debt-to-earnings test that assesses whether for-profit colleges are adequately preparing graduates for gainful employment. It recommends that the Department revise the debt-to-earnings metrics so that they accurately depict...
The plan doesn’t sit well with consumer advocates and economists, who are sounding an alarm. The Education Department wants to look at “adverse credit” over two years instead of five and consider approving loans even if parents have delinquent...
The plan doesn’t sit well with consumer advocates and economists, who are sounding an alarm. The Education Department wants to look at “adverse credit” over two years instead of five and consider approving loans even if parents have delinquent...
A bill to dismantle Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and redesign the mortgage finance system is pending in the U.S. Senate. The bill would replace Fannie and Freddie, government-sponsored enterprises that bundle mortgages together to sell as bonds, with...
Springfield, IL — On a vote of 7-2, the Illinois Secure Choice Program (SB2758) passed out of the Illinois House Personnel and Pensions Committee today. The bill will give millions of private-sector workers the opportunity to save their own...
It was a good combination of celebration and serious dialogue. Thanks to everyone who attended (especially on a Friday night) and to all of our foundation and financial institution funders who generously support our work and our online data...
Often students leave these schools with high debt loads, even though their employment prospects may be no better than before. This means they may not be able to repay their student loans, save for emergencies, buy a house, or...
Biss won the Woodstock Institute's Community Investment Award, which recognizes the accomplishments of community members who "exemplify what it means to work locally with a national impact," said Katie Buitrago, a spokesperson for the Institute, a research and policy group that works...