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What policymakers can learn from the Teacher Loan Forgiveness program
A teacher listens to a young student at their desk.

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What policymakers can learn from the Teacher Loan Forgiveness program

A new Wharton study finds a new student loan debt forgiveness program for teachers program “broken,” and raises broader issues on how student aid programs could backfire.

From Knowledge at Wharton

‘Poverty penalties’ pose human rights concerns
Jean Galbraith (third from right) and six others standing on a staircase.

Law professor Jean Galbraith (third from right) and co-authors of a new paper titled “Poverty Penalties as Human Rights Problems.”

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‘Poverty penalties’ pose human rights concerns

Criminal fines and fees disproportionately affect poor individuals and people in vulnerable groups, write Penn Carey Law professor Jean Galbraith and students.

From Penn Carey Law