Colleen Campbell

they. An “unpopularly principled progressive.” Former finaid admin, alum of FSA, @CAPHigherEd @CCTrustees @IHEPTweets. Tweets = my views.

[Colleen Campbell @collecamp]

My Substack, On Detail, launches tomorrow. Subscribe now so you never miss a post.

https://t.co/RviERkxZaE

[Colleen Campbell @collecamp]

Imagine being a call center rep at a servicer trying to counsel a borrower on this. Simplification is not easy, and it is not going to materialize any time soon.

[Colleen Campbell @collecamp]

OB3 “simplified” repayment plan options for borrowers. And that’s true if you’re a brand new borrower in the future. But during neg reg today, FSA put together a bunch of tables of repayment plan options for current borrowers going forward. Holy cow.

[Colleen Campbell @collecamp]

Beware of advocacy organizations that, instead of pointing people toward concrete help (like their loan servicer), try to leverage people’s pain for publicity and fundraising purposes.

[Colleen Campbell @collecamp]

This is the kind of garbage from “borrower advocates” I talk about in my most recent substack. Starving FSA funds only results in worse outcomes and experiences for borrowers.

Read more about why we have servicers here: https://t.co/Wly8aZCvaE

[Mike Pierce @millennial_debt]

Don’t sleep on the BILLION DOLLAR slush fund for @MOHELA and the rest of the student loan industry, with no guardrails and no strings attached.

This is a kickback to buy off their opposition to gutting financial aid for millions of people and jacking up costs for borrowers.

[Colleen Campbell @collecamp]

You’re welcome for putting the statement that borrowers are getting the “Cadillac but should be getting the Toyota” into the public record 🙃

[Colleen Campbell @collecamp]

My initial read of massive reforms to higher education - including student loans - is up on my substack. https://t.co/V5foUFBCt7

[Colleen Campbell @collecamp]

I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack. Come follow me on Bluesky.

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[Jesse D. Jenkins @JesseJenkins]

Everyone seems to be framing Trump's freeze on federal grants as a Constitutional fight over powers of the purse & whether presidents can disregard Congressional appropriations. It is that. But also at stake is the fundamental validity of govt contracts! I see much less discussion on this... 🧵

[Colleen Campbell @collecamp]

Limiting the amount of debt people can borrow is the opposite of neoliberalism. And anyone who is calling for forgiving all debt should be advocating for reasonable price controls & borrowing limits to ensure people don’t get stuck with debt they can’t repay.

[Bob Shireman @Bob_Shireman]

@millennial_debt Lol, so you are offended by certain words. But do you support curtailing the policy of allowing colleges to charge sky high tuition for graduate school and loading it all into students' shoulders? That's the point, it's insane policy.

[Bob Shireman @Bob_Shireman]

@millennial_debt Lol, so you are offended by certain words. But do you support curtailing the policy of allowing colleges to charge sky high tuition for graduate school and loading it all into students' shoulders? That's the point, it's insane policy.

[Colleen Campbell @collecamp]

Phew finally able to reclaim my title as a progressive what a relief.

[Jeff Duncan @RepJeffDuncan]

What do you call a furlough that hits 89% of the leftists at the department of education?

A good start.

[Jeff Duncan @RepJeffDuncan]

What do you call a furlough that hits 89% of the leftists at the department of education?

A good start.

[Keith @nagy_minaj]

SCOOP: Peppa Pig has forged a deal to avert a government shutdown.

[U.S. Senator John Fetterman @SenFettermanPA]

‘School lunch debt’ is a term so absurd that it shouldn’t even exist.

That’s why I’m proud to introduce a bill to CANCEL the nation’s student meal debt and stop humiliating kids and penalizing hunger.

https://t.co/mAaKdKo1Af

[Colleen Campbell @collecamp]

Call centers are also staffed based on contract pricing and as long as student loans are a political football funding will be in jeopardy. Perhaps a paltry effort at stressing the system could be aimed at Congress next time, encouraging appropriate funding to support borrowers.

[Kevin Carey @kevincarey1]

Call centers are staffed based on an expectation of normal call volume. Deliberately breaking the system and then claiming it's broken doesn't prove anything except bad faith.

It's like organizing a flash mob at McDonald's and then complaining you have to wait for a Big Mac.

[Kevin Carey @kevincarey1]

Call centers are staffed based on an expectation of normal call volume. Deliberately breaking the system and then claiming it's broken doesn't prove anything except bad faith.

It's like organizing a flash mob at McDonald's and then complaining you have to wait for a Big Mac.

[Kevin Carey @kevincarey1]

@Econ_Marshall You and your compatriots are in a bubble of self-righteousness and magical thinking and it's hurting the students you're trying to help.

[Kevin Carey @kevincarey1]

Worth considering whether the need to believe that everyone who disagrees with you is comically evil and corrupt and the tendency to support political and legal strategies that don't work are two sides of the same coin.

[Gritty @GrittyNHL]

10K retweets and i’ll wear this to oppenheimer