Student Loans: Default Rates Need To Be Computed More Appropriately Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Student Loans: Default Rates Need To Be Computed More Appropriately

Creator

  • Author: United States. General Accounting Office.
    Creator Type: Organization

Publisher

  • Name: United States. General Accounting Office.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 1999-07-28

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Education's method of calculating a school's student loan default rate, focusing on: (1) whether there has been an increase in the number of borrowers who entered repayment but subsequently received deferments or forbearances; (2) what effect would excluding borrowers whose loans were in deferment or forbearance have on the most recent default rate calculation; and (3) whether additional schools would have exceeded the 25-percent default rate threshold under the alternative method of calculating the default rate."

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Government accountability -- United States.
  • Keyword: education
  • Keyword: student loans
  • Keyword: letter report

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States

Collection

  • Name: Government Accountability Office Reports
    Code: GAORT

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Rights

  • Rights License: pd

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Report No.: HEHS-99-135
  • Accession or Local Control No: 227955
  • URL: http://gao.gov/products/HEHS-99-135
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc291681
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