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Re:Colleges at the breaking point, forcing ‘hard choices’ ab... by Spivak on Thursday April 30, 2020 @06:39PM (#23037066)
However, in a world in which it is common for college students to declare bankruptcy immediately after graduating, financial institutions might take advantage of that information and realize that their creditworthiness is much higher than the bankruptcy would predict. Kind of like how the stock price many companies go up after they cut retirement benefits.

This of course will be to the spiral and collapse of the college loan system.

Re:Colleges at the breaking point, forcing ‘hard choices’ ab... by imtringued on Friday May 01, 2020 @07:52AM (#23041123)
How high is the creditworthyness of someone who is on a repayment plan to service another debt? It is practically zero. Declaring bankruptcy just limits the duration of the mortgage to 7 years. You still have to pay as much back as you can unless you are literally an unemployed hobo on the street for 7 years.