“Eat the rich,” the phrase so famously created by the French revolutionary and writer Jean-Jacques Rousseau, is possibly ringing in the thoughts of lower-income students and their families’ minds in the face of rising tuition costs with the seemingly endless problems of Higher Education. However, the phrase can easily be the title of one of the many proposals; the student debt crisis had not only affected the community consisting of college students and their families, but all sectors of society. There have been voices regarding this issue from different personalities, different occupations, and different roles in policy making; from the articles in the New York Times to voices from political commentary such as Ann Larson. Even billionaires …show more content…
This proposal, in Botstein’s mind, should consist mostly of two points: first, the President should forgive all outstanding student debt, and secondly a new loan program should be implanted that ties to incentives for college graduates to enter public service careers as well as indexing repayments for their student loans to their …show more content…
The main expense students face when it comes to higher education is not only just tuition. In fact tuition only makes up a minor part of the heavy financial burden that college education brings; most of the costs that students and their families face are external costs, or non-tuition related expenses, such as textbook prices, dormitory fees, and cost of transportation. Even if their tuition loans are erased, most of them still face these external costs that are at the core of their financial burden. This leads to the main problem of high-college drop out rates; if the financial burdens of these families are not solved, students would often not be able to focus on their studies or wish to escape from their financial situation by dropping-out of college. With no job and no degree, the college drop-out students are far from the skilled and educated work force that is the end goal of our higher education system. They often struggle to pay off the debt that they have because they simply cannot compete with those that has a degree or gained higher education than them; by defaulting, the responsibility of their debt once again falls in the hands of the taxpayer. Without directly addressing this issue, forgiving all student debts would still have a disastrous affect because the
04 Dec. 2016. In USA Today’s article by Sandra Block and Christine Dugas titled “Five Proposals to Solve $1 Trillion College Loan Crisis,” the authors mention five ways to solve the student debt crisis in America, illustrating things like Bankruptcy reform, loan forgiveness, increasing federal pell grants, and the education of borrowers. Evaluating this article, it provides an informative view on the solution of student debt, and overall expresses many different spectrums on ways we can solve this social problem. The five ways to solve this problems
With student loan debt on the rise across the United States of America, measures must be taken to address the issue of millions of Americans facing tens of thousands of dollars in debt immediately after finishing college. According to Robert Applebaum, a man that began a petition for the United States federal government to offer a one time deal of forgiving all student loans, to forgive these loans is a necessity and may prove to boost the economy. In Kayla Webley’s “Is Forgiving Student Loan Debt a Good Idea?”, the journalist and correspondent for Times magazine takes a long hard look at Applebaum’s proposal and just how forgiving the student loan debt is likely to play out. Throughout her article, Webley dissects the argument for forgiving
Student debt is a heavy burden to face, not only for upcoming student graduates, but also those who already are retired or nearing retirement. In “Haunted by Student Debt Past Age 50,” an article by The New York Times Editorial Board, argues how people that are of age 50 or above are struggling to pay off their debt while at the same time the government is taking away their money from their Social Security check. They give us the insight what they think of the situation, and what they suggest the government do in order for the problem to be sooth out. The Editorial Board through the use of rhetorical appeals of Logos, Pathos, and Ethos, shows the audience how the student debtor’s are having difficulty paying student loans, as a consequence they create a propose solution in which the government should help people that are carrying that debt, even after they have graduated.
According to the last recording of student loan debt, the total amount of the United States student loan debt is roughly one and a half trillion dollars (A look at…). Statistics like these present the urgent need to resolve the major financial issue of student loan debt. Solutions have been given by many people to solve this issue but most solutions fail. The main reason behind student loan debt is falling to far into debt to the point where it is almost impossible to come back. The origin behind all of this is a lack of a student loan amount cap.
He further claims that paying off debt is a component of “establishing personal responsibility” (HofferNew). Furthermore, HofferNew uses the perception of personal responsibility as a way to show that paying off said debt could help build independence. He believes in the idea of having some relief for college students considering debts are at an all time high, but he claims the idea of having it pardoned does not help students build independence and prepare them. He further believes a solution in having debt forgiven is to ensure students are required to perform public service in exchange for debt to be paid off. Likewise, he argues that this will benefit students more than just having debt paid off, but to also show the students they are “connected to a system beyond self-interest” (HoffnerNew).
This notion seems politically appealing for those on the left wing side of the argument, but overall no one wants to accumulate debt. Many of the young progressive college students and graduates would love for their student debt to dissipate. Student debt has become a crushing and often unavoidable generational crisis. But why not just forgive all that
Students might be assisted in paying off debt by graduating with a degree that will help them pay off their debt so that they are not in a bad place financially or be in a bad place with their credit score
There is an action taken to help with the student loan debt that keeps affecting graduated students and the economy. According to Bassaline (2022), “Recently, President Biden started considering an executive order to do a loan forgiveness of student debt under 10,000 dollars” (para. 7). The loan forgiveness would help decrease people’s debt that they owe. Bassaline (2022) also says, “Overall, it will cost the government $321 billion dollars. If we were to have a 10,000 debt forgiveness of student debt, it would mean more spending for consumers, and there would be a boost of entrepreneurship” (para. 7).
Student loans cause delays in purchases of cars and houses as well as retirement plans, they are in general a setback for many people fresh out of college and starting a job or wanting to start their own business. while researching this topic, I was able to compared the differences of a person with student debt vs a college student debt free, the differences are vast and very expansive. Although student debt is a problem, I still think that it is a nessasary evil that is required in our society to provide people with higher education, but steps still should be taken to improve student debt for students, like increasing the deadline, lessening the amount of money due and more. In the end, student debt is affection many college students around the world and matters as it is a big worry for many fresh out of college. If I were to continue acting on this topic, I would look at different solutions and ways to improve student debt and study how well they would work and how it would affect our society.
Joseph 1 Tre Joseph 1302 Professor Jenkins 10/12/15 New York attorney Robert Applebaum’s and economist Justin Wolfers essay's debate on student loan debt applebaum’s "Debate on Student Loan Debt Doesn’t Go Far Enough”, attests that the U.S. has a financial crisis’ on it's hands and that, unless the U.S waives the present student debt(over $1 trillion) the economy will nose dive. Applebaum writes an over-passionate and panicked paper. Applebaum’s essay is absent of sensible logic, practical validity and is riddled with unreasoned assumptions. Justin Wolfer's "Forgive Student Loans? Worst Idea Ever", argues that forgiving student debt would only contribute to a financial crisis.
Most of my friends who are currently in college have between 5000$-20.000$ in federal and private loans. In many cases, besides for the loans, students have to work and study at the same time, which results in a stressful life for the student. In fact, many students are not able to finish their education because, since they can’t afford it, they have to work over their studies. Out of all the possible reasons to drop out of college, “the No. 1 reason many young adults drop out of college is an inability to juggle school and work” (Johnson). Finishing college is the most decisive forecaster of prosperity in the workforce and the inconsistency in college completion between children of rich and poor families duplicated since the late 1980s (McGlynn 55).
The financial burdens that college leaves with the families and students needs to be addressed as student loans keep racking up over time. The cost of tuition for colleges has risen drastically over the years and has bounded students to only one or two college choices to choose from and at some points tearing away the opportunity to go to their dream college. However, one reason college has driven up in price is because the value it brings with it’s degrees, but it should not limit those who can not afford the worthy degree. College should be cheaper as it will ease financial burdens and broaden the choices of those wanting to attend
Forgiveness of Student Loan Debt On a global scale, there is a large amount of people who are unfortunate in the sense that they are all regrettably faced with the issue of the struggle to pay for a proper education. Seeing as those who struggle are unable to pay on the spot, whether it be because they are financially independent adolescents or their families have low financial income, a majority of said strugglers resort to applying for student loans. This allows them to receive an education for the time being, but it still must be paid for eventually. As a result, every student who takes a loan for schooling will be in debt until everything that has been borrowed is paid off.
Student loans can be helpful, but when it's time to pay back, it can lead to future mental struggles and be stressful and hold you back from living the life you want to live in the long run. The student loan debt crisis in now only taking a huge toll on the personal lives of many Americans, but on the economy as well. Whether or not students graduate or not, if they pulled out student loans worth $200,000 they remain in debt for a remainder of years. As the problem continues to grow it becomes more and more critical to find a solution to help the well being of everyone in the nation, student or
Society often believes college is a necessary experience for a better future, but I argue that the future will not be any better when student debt becomes a part of life for those who follow that mainstream belief. Most parents often dream of the great colleges and universities that their children will get accepted into; however, they fail to think of the cost to attend those institutions. Financial aids! Financial aids! Yes there are financial aids that students can apply to lessen the student debt.