"If we don't change direction soon, we'll end up where we're going."
The student debt crisis threatens the American way of life. Washington can't keep ignoring it.
Source Date:
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Students and their families have struggled to build their dreams on top of student debt. Since the start of the Great Recession, student loan debt in the United States has doubled, with every graduating class owing more for their college degree than the class before. More than 44 million people — or the population of 20 states combined — owe a total of $1.4 trillion (more than the nation’s credit card debt) for their college educations.