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With college costs climbing faster than the cost of living, how can access to higher education remain a central part of the American dream? With more than half of college students carrying an average debt of $27,000 at graduation, what are the prospects for young adults in the current economy? This book deals with these questions.

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"Probably the best and clearest book on the United States' complex student debt problem." -- Tyler Cowen TLS "The Student Loan Mess offers a compact, useful history." -- John Marsh Academe

Table of Contents
List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Good Intentions and Wasted Brainpower: The First Student Loan Mess 2. Disillusionment and Deadbeats: The Second Student Loan Mess 3. Outrage and Crushing Debt: The Third Student Loan Mess 4. Dread and the For-Profit Bubble: The Fourth Student Loan Mess 5. What's Next? Prospective Student Loan Messes 6. Beyond Making Messes? Notes References Index

The Student Loan Mess

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    A Hardback by Joel Best, Eric Best

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 02/05/2014
      ISBN13: 9780520276451, 978-0520276451
      ISBN10: 0520276450

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      With college costs climbing faster than the cost of living, how can access to higher education remain a central part of the American dream? With more than half of college students carrying an average debt of $27,000 at graduation, what are the prospects for young adults in the current economy? This book deals with these questions.

      Trade Review
      "Probably the best and clearest book on the United States' complex student debt problem." -- Tyler Cowen TLS "The Student Loan Mess offers a compact, useful history." -- John Marsh Academe

      Table of Contents
      List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Good Intentions and Wasted Brainpower: The First Student Loan Mess 2. Disillusionment and Deadbeats: The Second Student Loan Mess 3. Outrage and Crushing Debt: The Third Student Loan Mess 4. Dread and the For-Profit Bubble: The Fourth Student Loan Mess 5. What's Next? Prospective Student Loan Messes 6. Beyond Making Messes? Notes References Index

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