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Archive Episode 52: Paying the Price
Archive Episode 52: Paying the Price
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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
May 2, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren recently proposed a massive plan to eliminate most student debt and tuition at public colleges. But student debt is just one part of the larger problem of college affordability. Professor Sara Goldrick-Rab explains the impact of the high cost of college on students at public and community colleges, including hunger, homelessness, and debt without getting a degree, and offers concrete solutions. For more on this topic: Read Goldrick-Rab’s SSN briefs on the costs of higher education Check out her OpEds in the Chronicle of Higher Education and The Philadelphia Inquirer Find her book, Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream.
Released:
May 2, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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