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For those who haven't read the article: * Starting in 2013 loans carried a repayment amount that exceeded the amount borrowed (interest was catching up to the
by brodouevencode 3y ago
For those who haven't read the article:
* Starting in 2013 loans carried a repayment amount that exceeded the amount borrowed (interest was catching up to the borrower)
* 2015 saw partial payment plans (presumably exacerbating the problem)
* Around 2019 it became that borrowers were struggling just to pay on the interest
* 2020 saw a temporary halt on paybacks, so interest was not being accumulated
* The article argues wage stagnation and expansion of recipients as the primary reasons
* Blacks and latinos seem to have benefitted the most from the repayment pause
There are no clear recommendations except for one:
> One way of ensuring and backstopping those policy goals could be the creation of a new federal university system
How would this change things at all?
- pchangr 3y agoI don’t know the specifics of the US education system very well but my impression is that a free or very cheap university system like most of Europe works better for everyone. Both the UK and US have similar problems for very similar reasons in my opinion.
- blinded 3y agoThere are state schools you can go to and cheaper options.
- throwawaymobule 3y agoA bunch of universities in Ireland are effectively subsidized by international students from the US, at least the one I went to. Tuition is much higher than it is for natives, but still much cheaper than US institutions.