Student Debt

Sandy Baum is Senior Fellow in the Income and Benefits Policy Center at the Urban Institute. Previously, she has been a Research Professor of Education Policy at the George Washington University, USA, and Professor of Economics at Skidmore College, USA. She has written and spoken extensively on college access, college pricing, student aid, student debt, and college affordability.

“Many consider student debt a major problem, generating financial difficulties as well as delayed marriage and home buying. This excellent volume argues that college debt is not a problem for most people. It helps far more than it hurts; graduates benefit from higher future earnings and should pay something for their gains. … Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.” (S. Pressman, Choice, Vol. 54 (9), May, 2017)

• Chapter 1: Student Debt: Good, Bad, and Misunderstood.- Chapter 2: The Realities of Student Debt.- Chapter 3: Putting the Stories into Perspective.- Chapter 4: The Evidence About the Impact of Student Debt.- Chapter 5: How Can Public Policy. Help?.