#predatoryloans — Public Fediverse posts
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Wouldn't want to have "an educated proletariat" now would we!
"Free tuition at CUNY became a “canary in the coal mine,” Brier said. Its death was a harbinger of a new era in American higher education. What followed were skyrocketing tuitions across the country and an eventual $1.7 trillion student debt crisis unknown in the nation’s history."
"Since 1980, the cost of college has outpaced inflation by more than double, according to a Georgetown University study last year. So has the size of student debt, reaching approximately $30,000 on average — larger than any debt besides a home mortgage."
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