NPR analysis based on new federal data
Federal data links defaulted borrowers to shared schools
NPR reported on September 16 that millions of federal student loan borrowers are in default or well on their way, and that new federal data shows tens of thousands of them attended the same problematic schools.
The reporting is by Cory Turner and Leila Fadel. The analysis draws on new federal data and finds that tens of thousands of borrowers in default or near-default attended a shared set of institutions — schools NPR labels “the same problematic schools.”
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