Or: students could view the selection of a college with responsibility and perform cost/benefit analysis on the institution and degree program they want to purs

Or: students could view the selection of a college with responsibility and perform cost/benefit analysis on the institution and degree program they want to pursue so that they can pay their own debts. I'm fine with arguing whether college should be free to qualified applicants based on talent or background but I am firmly opposed to absolving people of $100k of debt because it didn't occur to them until AFTER graduation that a degree in Art History from a state college won't get them far. I chose a boring degree from a smaller school and worked my tail off during college to land internships so I was attractive to employers -- and I paid off my debts. Restructure debts? Sure. Allow all or a portion of one's student loan debt to be written off in bankruptcy? Sure. But absolve debt without any corresponding obligation on the part of borrowers who made bad choices? Hell no!