--- description: These are today's best ideas title: Paying off student loans just got easier image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Paying Off Student Loans Just Got Easier by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 2, 2016 4:00 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 2, 2016 4:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**Paying off student loans just got easier.**](https://time.com/nextadvisor/loans/personal-loans/what-is-debt-consolidation/ "undefined") By Jason Stauffer in NextAdvisor **2\.** [**The press release is dead.**](https://medium.com/digital-trends-index/the-press-release-is-dead-a4080e7a4b4b#.ihafgumgb "undefined") By Aaron Morrissey in Medium **3\.** [**What Einstein can teach us about the power of daydreaming.**](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/01/opinion/sunday/the-light-beam-rider.html "undefined") By Walter Isaacson in the New York Times **4\.** [**The gig economy could be great for women.**](http://www.wired.com/2015/10/unfinished-business-women-men-work-family/ "undefined") By Anne-Marie Slaughter in Wired **5\.** [**Let your kids fail. You’ll be doing them a favor.**](http://qz.com/527652/parents-let-your-kids-fail-youll-be-doing-them-a-favor/ "undefined") By Jenny Anderson in Quartz  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4434885/paying-off-student-loans-just-got-easier/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4434885/paying-off-student-loans-just-got-easier/"},"headline":"Paying Off Student Loans Just Got Easier","datePublished":"2016-08-02T16:00:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:38.040Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4434885/paying-off-student-loans-just-got-easier/","keywords":["Parenting","Economy","Innovation","Student Loans"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4434885/paying-off-student-loans-just-got-easier/","name":"Paying Off Student Loans Just Got Easier"}}]}] ```