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Student Debt

Op-Ed

Paying Off Student Debt Is Saving

Paying off student loan debt, just like paying off credit card debt or paying down a mortgage, is a form of saving.
by
Dean Baker,
Center for Economic and Policy Research
November 20, 2014
Truthout
Op-Ed

Leave No Generation Behind

A tax on inherited wealth could eliminate student debt while reducing growing inequality.
by
Chuck Collins,
OtherWords
November 15, 2014
Truthout
News

Meet the Activist Group That’s Making Student Loan Debt Disappear

Initiatives like the Rolling Jubilee are meant to inspire and enlighten by making us question the system of debt.
by
Jessica Ramos,
Care2
September 24, 2014
Truthout
Op-Ed

Ten Business Lessons for Higher Education

Neoliberal reformers suggest that universities need to act more like businesses, yet their suggestions undermine the purpose of higher education. Instead, what if universities learned the lessons of…
by
Christian Exoo &
William Bradley,
Truthout
September 24, 2014
Truthout
Op-Ed

The Joys of Abolishing Debt

The Rolling Jubilee is premised on the argument that no one should be forced into debt for basic needs like healthcare and education.
by
Astra Taylor,
Moyers & Company
September 23, 2014
Truthout
News

Occupy Offshoot Cancels $4 Million in Predatory Student Loans – and Starts a Debtors Union

“Rolling Jubilee is a fantastic way to punch through the illusion that you actually owe what the 1 percent thinks you owe,” said Thomas Gokey, a Rolling Jubilee…
by
Christa Hillstrom,
James Trimarco &
Liz Pleasant,
YES! Magazine
September 22, 2014
Truthout
News Analysis

Education With a Debt Sentence: For-Profit Colleges as American Dream Crushers and Factories of Debt

Over the last three decades, the price of a year of college has increased by more than 1,200 percent.
by
Hannah Appel &
Astra Taylor,
TomDispatch
September 22, 2014
Truthout
News Analysis

First Fall Semester Debtors’ Assembly at SIUC: A Critique of the Student Debt Regime

Just a few decades ago, accumulating debt in and as a result of attending college was virtually unheard of.
by
James Anderson &
Nicholas Smaligo,
Midwest Campus Crisis
September 20, 2014
Truthout
News

More US Diplomas Come With Crushing Debts

More than 40 million Americans currently hold student debt. They are collectively responsible for $1.2 trillion of outstanding student loans in the United States.
by
Julia Hotz,
Inter Press Service
August 8, 2014
Truthout
News Analysis

Why Are Campus Administrators Making So Much Money?

College and university administrators, unlike their faculty and students, are thriving.
by
Lawrence S Wittner,
History News Network
July 27, 2014
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