Student Loan Mess - How Good Intentions Created a Trillion-Dollar Problem

Explains how and why student loans evolved, the concerns they've raised along the way, and how each policy designed to fix student loans winds up making things worse.

Summary

With college costs climbing faster than the cost of living, how can access to higher education remain a central part of the American dream? With more than half of college students carrying an average debt of $27,000 at graduation, what are the prospects for young adults in the current economy? This book deals with these questions.

Product details

• Authors: Eric Best, Joel Best, Joel Best Best, Best Eric, Best Joel
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.05.2014
• EAN: 9780520276451
• ISBN: 978-0-520-27645-1
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; USA, EDUCATION / Finance, United States of America, USA, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, Funding of education & student finance, Funding of education and student finance