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Money Talks: The Student Loan Paradox

2025/4/15
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Jillian Berman: 我认为美国学生贷款体系的崩溃主要应归咎于政策制定者。他们缺乏政治意愿和想象力去重新构想这个体系,导致系统漏洞频出。此外,一些第三方参与者,例如贷款机构和非营利中介机构,也利用系统漏洞,损害了借款人和纳税人的利益。总而言之,这不是借款人的错,而是系统性问题的体现。 我们需要重新思考高等教育的资助模式,降低高等教育的成本,并简化学生贷款的申请和还款流程。同时,加强对贷款机构的监管,防止其利用系统漏洞牟利。 此外,我们需要关注那些被定向招生到低质量学校的学生,以及退伍军人等弱势群体,为他们提供更多保护和支持。 Emily Peck: 目前,美国学生贷款偿还面临诸多挑战。疫情期间暂停偿还后恢复付款,信用评分将受到影响。同时,特朗普政府削减了联邦政府提供的服务,导致学生贷款服务机构资金减少,服务质量下降,借款人获得帮助的难度增加。 此外,学生贷款债务并非完全是个人选择的结果,许多学生因为缺乏可负担的教育选择,或受到社会压力而不得不承担贷款。顶尖大学往往成为精英阶层的聚集地,其教育价值和社会贡献存在争议,并且与雇主存在密切的合作关系。 研究生课程的扩张,特别是那些与就业市场联系不紧密的课程,与政府取消研究生贷款上限的政策有关,这导致了学生贷款债务的进一步增加。我们需要重新审视高等教育的价值和成本,并制定更公平合理的贷款政策。

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In this Money Talks: The federal student loan program was meant to help students seeking a route to a better life – so why is it putting so many of them into crippling debt instead? Journalist Jillian Berman), author of Sunk Cost: Who’s to Blame for the Nation’s Broken Student Loan System and How to Fix), joins Emily Peck to unpack the fraught history of the national student debt system and discuss where it stands now. 

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