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Podcast: The College Investor Audio Show
Episode: Could The Trump Administration Sell And Privatize Student Loans?
Description: The Trump administration is once again weighing whether to sell off parts of the federal governmentâs $1.6 trillion student loan portfolio to private investors â a move that could reshape the nationâs higher education finance system and affect more than 45 million borrowers.According to reports, senior officials at the Education Department and Treasury Department have been exploring how to offload âhigh-performingâ federal loans to the private market. The discussions, which have allegedly involved finance industry executives and potential buyers, reflect the administrationâs broader goal of shrinking the governmentâs role in student lending and reviving private-sector competition.<...