Crushed
How Student Debt Has Impaired a Generation and What to Do About It
Plantation, FL : J. Ross Publishing, Inc., [2023], ©2023.
Format: Book
Description: xix, 291 pages ; 23 cm
"Crushed is a timely and insightful work that sheds light on the state of American universities and their graduates. It takes readers on a fascinating and reflective journey into the current student debt crisis and how it has become a major burden to American society. Beyond just describing how we got into this huge mess, Crushed also offers actionable public-policy steps to help fix this ever-growing problem"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: A Brief History of the Growth of the American University System -- Why Is College so Damn Expensive? -- The Value of a Degree: Why Go to College? -- The University Endowment: What Is It and Why Should We Care? -- The Student Loan Industry: How Debt Grew and Consumer Protections Shrank -- How Student Loans Have Impaired a Generation -- Disparate Outcomes: How Postsecondary Institutions Harm Minority Communities -- Policy Solutions: How We Fix This Mess -- What Every Parent, Student, and Prospective Student Should Know -- CITATIONS INDEX.
Subjects:
Student loans -- United States.
College costs -- United States.
College graduates -- United States.
Student loans -- United States.
College costs -- United States.
College graduates -- United States.
ISBN:
9781604271898
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EDUCATION Lin | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.