Congress Hears Proposals on Overhauling Management of Student-Loan Debt

A former senior education-policy adviser in the Clinton administration has taken his crusade on managing student-loan debt to Capitol Hill, asking Congress to consider several changes in the federal policy on student-loan repayment.

In a recent speech before a room full of Congressional staff members, many of whom were recent college graduates themselves, Robert M. Shireman, the former official, offered a series of recommendations aimed at easing repayment burdens for financially needy

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