Is a Student Loan Crisis on the Horizon?
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Media reports suggest that mounting student debt in the United States signals a potential crisis that could slow consumer spending and threaten economic growth. Yet despite higher loan balances and more student borrowers, education policy researchers Beth Akers and Matthew M. Chingos say that the monetary benefits of a college education still significantly outweigh the costs of student debt. Though its conclusions may seem a bit too optimistic to those facing years of college loan repayments, getAbstract suggests this informative study to students and families.
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Beth Akers and Matthew M. Chingos are fellows at the Brown Center on Educational Policy at the Brookings Institution, a nonprofit independent research organization.
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