Capturing the voices of Americans living with student debt in the United States, this collection critiques the neoliberal interest-driven, debt-based system of U.S. higher education and offers alternatives to neoliberal capitalism and the corporatized university. Grounded in an understanding of the historical and political economic context, this book offers auto-ethnographic experiences of living in debt, and analyzes alternatives to the current system. Chapter authors address real questions such as, Do collegians overestimate the economic value of going to college? and How does the monetary system that student loans are part of operate?Pinpointing how developments in the political economy are accountable for students university experiences, this book provides an authoritative contribution to research in the fields of educational foundations and higher education policy and finance.
List of Figures
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Foreword
Alan M. Collinge
Preface
Nicholas D. Hartlep, Lucille L. T. Eckrich, and Brandon O. Hensley
Acknowledgments
PART I - Critical Perspectives on Financing Higher Education in the United States
- Financing Higher Education in the United States: An Historical Overview of Loans inFederal Financial Aid Policy
Enyu Zhou and Pilar Mendoza
- Bankruptcy Means-Testing, Austerity Measures, and Student Loan Debt
Linda Elizabeth Coco
- African American Student Loan Debt: Deferring the Dreal3:
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