Colleges’ role in curbing the student debt crisis

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Paige Sutherland and Meghna Chakrabarti

November 4, 2022

America has a student debt crisis. But who is responsible for the crisis?

Higher ed is taking in the money from students, who owe more than a trillion dollars in student loan debt.

And it’s part of the reason why tuition inflation has historically been higher than regular inflation.

The federal government is trying to get a handle on it.

Today, On Point: What colleges and universities need to do to wrestle down the high cost of higher education.

Guests

Eric Kelderman, senior reporter for The Chronicle of Higher Education. (@etkeld)

Mitch Daniels, president of Purdue University. Author of the recent opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal Student-Loan Forgiveness and the National Debt. (@purduemitch)

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Kevin Carey, vice president for Education Policy and knowledge management at New America.

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