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AUTHOR |
Bryfonski, Dedria. |
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TITLE |
Student loans / Dedria Bryfonski, editor. |
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IMPRINT |
Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven Press, 2012. |
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DESCRIPTION |
118 p. ; 24 cm. |
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SERIES |
At issue. Education. |
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NOTE |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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CONTENT NOTE |
Federally guaranteed student loans are good debt / Sandra Block -- Student loans are toxic debt / Mary Pilon -- Student loans lack consumer protections / Alan Collinge -- Student loan defaults are the result of bad decisions / Jacob Sullum -- The recession makes it hard to repay student loans / Samantha Hillstrom -- Most people easily repay their student loans / James Monks -- Student loan debt should be forgiven to stimulate the economy / Robert Applebaum -- Forgiving student loan debt would be irresponsible / Brian Kumnick -- Pell grants are needed to make America competitive / Pat Garofalo -- Pell grants raise the cost of college and cause education inequality / Richard Vedder -- For-profit education resembles the subprime mortgage industry / Steven Eisman -- For-profit education does not resemble the subprime mortgage industry / Harris N. Miller -- Low-income students take on too muc. |
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SUMMARY |
Presents a collection of essays on a variety of loans for college education and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of student loans. |
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SUBJECT |
Student loans -- Government policy. |
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SUBJECT |
Student loans -- United States. |
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SUBJECT |
Student loans. |
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DISCIPLINE |
Education. |
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ISBN |
9780737756012. |