Are Income Share Agreements a Good Student Loan Alternative?

by Ford Draper | Oct 9, 2020 | Blog

Some 44 million Americans collectively hold over $1.6 trillion in student debt – and that number has been growing. With more Americans in student debt than ever before, it’s hard to imagine there are alternatives to the traditional loans most students are used...

Making Education More Accessible: MentorWorks Education Capital Partners with Boston-based, XR Terra, to Provide Income Share Agreement Financing Option for Students

by Ford Draper | Feb 6, 2020 | Press Releases

Making Education More Accessible: MentorWorks Education Capital Partners with Boston-based, XR Terra, to Provide Income Share Agreement Financing Option for Students   BOSTON (PRWEB) FEBRUARY 06, 2020 MentorWorks Education Capital today announced an agreement to...

MentorWorks Partners with BFIT to Offer Students an Alternative to Student Loans with Income Share Agreements

by Ford Draper | Nov 18, 2019 | Press Releases

MentorWorks Partners with BFIT to Offer Students an Alternative to Student Loans with Income Share Agreements   BOSTON (PRWEB) NOVEMBER 18, 2019   MentorWorks Education Capital today announced a partnership with the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology...

The Income Share Agreement (ISA) as an Investment Hedge – Why is it Safer?

by Ford Draper | Sep 5, 2019 | Blog

The Income Share Agreement (ISA) as an investment hedge – why is it safer? By Karthik Krishnan The ideal investment for a financial investor is one that moves with the market in a good economy and against it (or not change much with it) in a bad one. Finding such an...

Student Loans + Low Income = High Debt-to-Income Ratio. Here’s How ISAs Can Help.

by Ford Draper | May 6, 2019 | Blog

  Student Debt can Hurt Job Prospects. Income Share Agreements can Help. Karthik Krishnan | May 6th, 2019 | Student Debt, ISA, Employment Figure 1: Average MentorWorks ISA Income Prediction Error after Grace Period. Higher prediction errors reflects higher than...