Public Forum Nov-Dec 2023 - Student Loan Forgiveness
No need to pay us back for the education we're about to provide you on the November-December student loan topic.
TIME STAMPS
Background and Framing 6:12
PRO Arguments 29:09
CON Arguments 1:00:11
Final Thoughts 1:34:30
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SOURCES CITED
Education Data Initiative (2023), Student Loan Debt Statistics: https://educationdata.org/student-loa...
Robert Farrington, CollegeInvestor.com (2023), What is the Average Monthly Student Loan Payment for US Borrowers? https://thecollegeinvestor.com/33643/...
Sandy Baum and Adam Looney, Brookings (2020), Who owes the most in student loans? https://www.brookings.edu/articles/wh...
Adam Looney, Brookings Institution (2021), Putting Student Loan Forgiveness In Perspective:
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/pu...
The Roosevelt Institute (2021), Unburdened: How Canceling Student Debt Can Boost Growth, Equity, and Innovation
https://rooseveltinstitute.org/wp-con...
Dr. Nela Richardson, ADP Research Institute (2021): https://www.adpri.org/should-main-str...
Alvaro Mezza and others (2020), Student Loans and Homeownership: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi...
Lawrence Un and Nadia Evangelou, Social Benefits of Homeownership (2016): https://www.gmar.com/data/resources_f...
Peter G. Peterson Foundation (2021), Student debt has increased sevenfold over the last couple decades. Here’s why. https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2021/10/stu...
Patterson Belknap (2023), The State of Student Loan Debt in Bankruptcy: https://www.pbwt.com/bankruptcy-updat...
National Conf. of State Leg. (2023), explaining what SCOTUS did in striking down debt forgiveness: https://www.ncsl.org/state-legislatur...
PRO SOURCES
Melanie Hanson, Education Data Initiative (2023), Economic Effects of Student Loan Debt
https://educationdata.org/student-loa...
Lorin, Janet and Ella Ceron, Wash. Post (2023): https://www.washingtonpost.com/busine...
Brent Ambrose and others (2014), The Impact of Student Loan Debt on Small Business Formation: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.c...
Levy Economics Institute (2018), The Macroeconomic Effects of Student Debt Cancellation: https://www.levyinstitute.org/pubs/rp...
Jessica Dickler, CNBC (2018), Student loan debt is a hurdle for many would-be mothers: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/22/stude...
Elliot Haspel (2023), Lower Birth Rates Threaten Everyone’s Flourishing: https://www.capita.org/capita-ideas/2...
Heidi Rivera, Bankrate.com (2022), on gender and racial disparities in student loan debt: https://www.bankrate.com/loans/studen...
Marisa Wright, NAACP Legal Defense Fund (2023), How Student Loan Forgiveness Can Help Close The Racial Wealth Gap: https://www.naacpldf.org/student-loan...
Andre Perry and others, Brookings Institution (2021), Student loans, the racial wealth divide, and why we need full student debt cancellation: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/st...
American Association of University Women (AAUW) (2017), Deeper in Debt: Women and Student Loans: https://www.aauw.org/app/uploads/2020...
Abigail Johnson Hess, CNBC (2021), The student debt forgiveness debate highlights the gender gap in what borrowers owe: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/11/stude...
Heidi Rivera, Bankrate.com (2022), What student loan debt forgiveness means for women and BIPOC borrowers: https://www.bankrate.com/loans/studen...
Jessica Dickler, CNBC (2021), College debt crisis drives more students away from four-year schools: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/05/colle...
Ilan Levin and others, The Hill (2023), With or without student loan relief, we must reform the default system: https://thehill.com/opinion/education...
CON Sources in comments due to space limits