In the News

• Why Washington College is Giving 20 Low-Income Students Free Education
  03/29/17 MarketWatchWashington College’s new scholarship program George’s Brigade is featured in this story in MarketWatch.
• This Controversial Way to Finance College May be Getting More Popular
  03/09/17 MarketWatch

  The potentials and pitfalls of income share agreements as an alternative method of borrowing for higher education are outlined in this MarketWatch story featuring Purdue University President Mitch Daniels and Washington College President Sheila Bair. 

• Will student loan debt trigger the next financial crisis?
  02/28/17 Countdown to the Closing BellPresident Bair on the front line with Fox Business Liz Claman on creating debt relief programs for students.
• Sheila Bair: We Should Scrap the Idea of Student Loan Debt Forgiveness
  02/17/17 Fox Business News Wall Street Week

  College President Sheila Bair speaks on Fox Business Network Wall Street Week about the issue of student loan debt, advocating that we scrap the concept of debt forgiveness and change the student loans to income share agreements and an equity-based model. She also discusses how Washington College is researching a philanthropy-based pilot program for income share agreements.

• Student Debt is the Issue
  1/17/17 The Baltimore SunIn an editorial in TheBaltimore Sun about the cost of higher education in Maryland and the problem of student loan debt, especially for the middle class, Washington College and President Sheila Bair and earn praise for the College’s “multi-pronged approach” to address the issue.
• How Sheila Bair Hopes to Keep Kids in College—and Costs in Check
  12/12/16 MarketWatch

  Washington College’s latest affordability initiative, FixedFor4, is detailed in this story on MarketWatch. The plan fixes tuition for all four years of a student’s WC career.

• Sheila Bair’s One Weird Trick To Make Her College Less White
  09/28/16 Bloomberg News

  Bloomberg News reporter Shahien Nasiripour follows up on his profile of Sheila Bair with this closer look at the inception and hopeful goals of one of her signature college affordability programs, George’s Brigade.

• Lawmakers Eye Endowment Status
  09/14/16 Inside Higher Ed

  Inside Higher Ed covers the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight’s hearing on endowment spending on scholarships. Washington College President Sheila Bair is among those who testified and is quoted on steps WC is taking to make college more affordable.

• College Launches Pilot Program to Match Students’ 529 Savings
  09/12/16 College Savings Plan Network

  In a blog for the College Savings Plan Network, President Sheila Bair talks about Washington College’s new Saver’s Scholarship.

• College Rewards Students for Saving Money
  08/31/16 MSN Buzz60This video story outlines Washington College’s new Saver’s Scholarship program.