TY - JOUR
T1 - The impact of undergraduate debt on the graduate school enrollment of STEM baccalaureates
AU - Malcom, Lindsey E.
AU - Dowd, Alicia C.
PY - 2012/1/1
Y1 - 2012/1/1
N2 - How much student loan debt is too much, too little, or just right? One way of answering this question is by looking at standards for loan repayment. Current federal policy enacted July 1, 2009, as Income-Based Repayment (IBR) recognizes that a "financial hardship" exists when monthly student loan payments exceed 10% of discretionary income (Kittredge, 2010). Beyond that threshold, borrowers may apply to request smaller monthly payments. IBR was designed for those with high debt-to-income ratios persisting over a long period of time and also includes provisions for loan forgiveness, particularly for people in public service occupations.
AB - How much student loan debt is too much, too little, or just right? One way of answering this question is by looking at standards for loan repayment. Current federal policy enacted July 1, 2009, as Income-Based Repayment (IBR) recognizes that a "financial hardship" exists when monthly student loan payments exceed 10% of discretionary income (Kittredge, 2010). Beyond that threshold, borrowers may apply to request smaller monthly payments. IBR was designed for those with high debt-to-income ratios persisting over a long period of time and also includes provisions for loan forgiveness, particularly for people in public service occupations.
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U2 - 10.1353/rhe.2012.0007
DO - 10.1353/rhe.2012.0007
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:82255163787
SN - 0162-5748
VL - 35
SP - 265
EP - 305
JO - Review of Higher Education
JF - Review of Higher Education
IS - 2
ER -