Lab 007 - Show Me the Money!

All about the Benjamins! Photo by Vladislav Reshetnyak.

Presidential hopeful, Elizabeth Warren, just told us about an aspect of her presidential platform and it made the internet go WILD. She proposed student loan forgiveness of $50k for folks that make up to $100k. AND she is also saying that folks who earn up to $250k can also receive some form of student loan debt forgiveness.

So in this lab we wanted to know more about who this would affect, the history of student loans, and how we even got into this student loan debt crisis in the first place.

Our Expert

Our guest expert for this episode is Colleen Campbell, the Director for post-secondary education at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. In this position she does student debt research and advocacy. You can find more about Colleen’s work here.

Links and More

This is an in-depth breakdown of the demographics of those carrying student loans
Are you curious about how much money a student can borrow from the government in a year? Check this out.
The US census helps us understand the education level of all Americans
The College Board overview of student loans (where they are coming from, trends over time, etc):
Want more information on Elizabeth Warren’s proposal? Colleen says this article from The Brookings Institution is the most reliable breakdown of the facts

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On May 18th we had an Instagram Live session with Colleen Campbell. She dropped amazing gems and links we think are great resources. Check them out below!