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Depaul Creates New Scholarship To Offer Private Education At Attainable Cost, University Marketing And Communications, A. Gabriel Esteban Oct 2020

Depaul Creates New Scholarship To Offer Private Education At Attainable Cost, University Marketing And Communications, A. Gabriel Esteban

DePaul Download

Families are increasingly burdened by financial strain due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and many are concerned with how they can afford a private university education. In response to that, this fall, DePaul University established the new State Scholar Plus University Scholarship Program. Dr. A. Gabriel Esteban, president of DePaul University, talks to DePaul Download about the new program, who’s eligible, and how it aligns with DePaul’s Vincentian mission and purpose.


Where Do We Go From Here? A Conversation With Dr Esteban, University Marketing And Communications, A. Gabriel Esteban May 2020

Where Do We Go From Here? A Conversation With Dr Esteban, University Marketing And Communications, A. Gabriel Esteban

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University campuses across the country have been fundamentally disrupted by COVID-19. At DePaul, courses moved to remote delivery through the end of Summer Quarter and almost all university operations are being conducted remotely. Students, parents, faculty and staff are eager for some certainty about what the future holds. Will in-person classes at DePaul resume in the fall? Will COVID-19 permanently alter the way the university operates? While many details still aren’t known, DePaul President A. Gabriel Esteban, Ph.D., shares his thoughts on these questions and the factors DePaul is considering as the university begins planning for the fall.


Investigating The Effects Of Student Debt On Career Outcomes: An Empirical Approach, Gideon Moore May 2019

Investigating The Effects Of Student Debt On Career Outcomes: An Empirical Approach, Gideon Moore

Honors Projects

High student debt has been hypothesized to affect career choice, causing students to desire stable, high paying jobs. To test this hypothesis, I rely on plausibly exogenous variation in debt due to a federal policy shift. In the summer of 2007, the Higher Education Reconciliation Act (or HERA) expanded the cap for federally subsidized student loans. I examine how variation in debt affects career choice and eventual salary of students using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Child and Young Adult Cohort of students who were of college age during the implementation of the policy. I find …


Policy Analysis - Pay As You Earn (Paye), Theresa Popp Braun Dec 2014

Policy Analysis - Pay As You Earn (Paye), Theresa Popp Braun

Theresa Popp Braun

No abstract provided.


The Ethics Of Student Loans, Theresa Popp Braun Jan 2014

The Ethics Of Student Loans, Theresa Popp Braun

Theresa Popp Braun

No abstract provided.


Full Interview With Lawrence Picus, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Gary W. Ritter Feb 2008

Full Interview With Lawrence Picus, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Gary W. Ritter

Policy Briefs

Lawrence O. Picus is a professor at the USC Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California. His research focuses on adequacy and equity in school finance. He has published numerous books and articles, including School Finance: A Policy Perspective (with Allen R. Odden), and Where Does the Money Go?: Resource Allocation in Elementary and Secondary Schools (with James L. Wattenbarger). His consulting firm, Picus and Associates has worked closely with the Arkansas General Assembly over the past few years, making several key recommendations that many state legislators believe have been critical in helping the state achieve educational …