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39: Is College Even Worth it?: The Dark History of Student Loans

2022/4/6
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Bailey Sarian 深入探讨了美国学生贷款的黑暗历史,从早期大学教育的资助模式到如今高昂的学费和难以偿还的巨额债务,揭示了这一问题背后的复杂原因和深远影响。她分析了政府政策、大学行为、银行运作以及社会价值观等多方面因素,并以 Alan Collinge 的个人经历为例,展现了学生贷款危机对个人生活的巨大冲击。她还对比了其他国家免费或低价高等教育的模式,呼吁美国社会反思并寻求解决方案。 John D. Rockefeller Jr. 认为,随着大学教育目的的转变,学生应该为自己的教育付费,并建议提供贷款以增加高等教育的可及性。这一观点在当时并未被采纳,但为日后学生贷款制度的建立埋下了伏笔。 Ronald Reagan 政府时期的政策导致高等教育经费和学生援助被削减,进一步加剧了大学学费上涨和学生债务问题。这一政策的合理性受到质疑,因为它并未有效解决问题,反而加剧了社会的不平等。 Alan Collinge 的个人经历生动地展现了学生贷款危机对个人的严重影响。他拥有多个高等学位,却因为高昂的学费和复杂的贷款制度而背负巨额债务,最终导致失业和生活困境。他的故事并非个例,它反映了美国学生贷款系统中存在的缺陷和不公平之处。

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The episode introduces the dark history of student loans, highlighting how they started as a means to ensure education for all but quickly turned into a significant burden for millions of Americans.

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Like pretty much everything we talk about, Student Loans started out as a great idea.  A way to ensure education for all. A way to advance America in the Space Race. And a way to promise citizens a brighter future. But as we’ve seen time and time again, with money on the table, student loans got dark, and FAST. Today we talk about how student loans came to be, how the evolved, and how they came to be something that plagues nearly 46 million Americans today. 

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