Alan Collinge is the founder of StudentLoanJustice.Org, author of The Student Loan Scam: The Most Oppressive Debt in U.S. History and How We Can Fight Back (Beacon Press), and creator of the petition Change.Org/CancelStudentLoans.
He holds B.S., M.S., and Eng. Degrees in aerospace engineering from the University of Southern California.
Collinge has been featured on 60 Minutes, and also in print media including Fortune Magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Phoenix, The Village Voice, Inside Higher Ed, and others. He has published editorials in the Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Sun, Denver Post, and many other outlets.
Prior to founding StudentLoanJustice.Org, Collinge was Associate Scientist of Aeronautics at the California Institute of Technology, and also was regional project director for a government loan program administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Here’s a recent article by Alan that really sums up the student loan mess.
Intro music “Brightside of the Sun,” by Basin and Range. “Student Loans, You’ve Got Me by the Balls,” by Charles Cornell. Outro: “Money don’t Matter 2 Nite,” by Prince.
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