See Jane Default

Commentary Higher Education

See Jane Default

December 03, 2013

Student loan debt is crushing a generation of youth who, in previous decades, would have benefited from institutional support like the GI Bill and federal subsidies for higher education. Policy associate Benjamin Landy delves into the details of why student loan debt is a problem unique to the millennial generation in this TCF original feature.

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See Jane Default: How Student Loan Debt Is Crushing A Generation

Tags: student loans, college, higher education, student loan debt, education reform, gi bill, default, federal subsidies, graduate school, universities, student debt

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Benjamin Landy, Contributor

Benjamin Landy is a former policy associate at The Century Foundation, where he wrote about income inequality, college access and affordability, retirement security, and domestic politics.

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