This document summarizes the impacts of rising tuition fees and student debt in Canada. It discusses how debt aversion prevents many from pursuing post-secondary education. High debt levels also negatively impact persistence, mental health, and career choices for graduates. The conclusion calls for reducing tuition fees and student debt through converting education tax credits to grants to lighten the burden on students.
The cost of education has increased at a faster rate than average consumer costs over the last decade. These rising expenses and a changing economic environment make planning for education all the more important. The discussion in this newsletter covers important topics surrounding managing education costs.
Roundtable Discussion on the Implications of Student Loan Indebtednessheldrichcenter
The presentation examines the struggles that recent graduates experience to pay off debt, despite reduced salaries and lower levels of full-time employment.
The cost of education has increased at a faster rate than average consumer costs over the last decade. These rising expenses and a changing economic environment make planning for education all the more important. The discussion in this newsletter covers important topics surrounding managing education costs.
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The presentation examines the struggles that recent graduates experience to pay off debt, despite reduced salaries and lower levels of full-time employment.
This is a Trident University course (MAE524), Module 1 Case. The essay explores barriers that confront adult learners as they strive to improve education deficiencies. It is written in APA format, has been graded by an instructor (A), and includes references. Most higher-education assignments are submitted to turnitin, so remember to paraphrase. Let us begin.
This is a Trident University course (MAE524), Module 1 Case. The essay explores barriers that confront adult learners as they strive to improve education deficiencies. It is written in APA format, has been graded by an instructor (A), and includes references. Most higher-education assignments are submitted to turnitin, so remember to paraphrase. Let us begin.
Families See College As An Essential Goal That Must Be Met Despite The Costsnoblex1
Borrowing by students and parents to pay for college has been one of the most commonly discussed and debated issues of national policy over the last two decades. Concerns about steadily increasing borrowing levels, have prompted a variety of policy proposals to ease the burden of college borrowing. Despite efforts to simplify and streamline student loan repayment, public knowledge about who borrows, how much is borrowed, and what students and their families think about borrowing is very limited. Much of what people know and think about student borrowing is framed by media reports, college student guides, and word-of-mouth. But how accurate those impressions are is virtually unknown.
To assess the current status of borrowing to pay for college on a national level, we prepared this comprehensive summary report. Our report seeks to add to public knowledge about college borrowing in several distinct ways. First, we present the most recent data available on national college borrowing trends. The analysis in this report focuses on borrowing trends in 2021-2022, and includes the most current estimates of borrowing levels and projections of total borrowing by the end of the decade. Data on the characteristics of those taking out student loans also comprise an important component of this analysis.
We also offer the results of a nationally representative survey of undergraduate students and families who borrow to pay for college. The survey was designed to assess the impact of student loan debt on family attitudes about college, major financial decisions, and the possible future ramifications of debt burden. This survey provides a snapshot of student and family views about college debt and paying for college. Profiles of student and family borrowers complete this package of information on college loan debt. These borrowers, who all currently have loans to pay for their education were interviewed at length to further illustrate how borrowing impacts American families in their pursuit of postsecondary education.
The combination of national data, survey responses, and profiles presents a complete picture of the situation facing students and families - both now and in the near future - as they attempt to finance what has become one of the most important, and most expensive, pieces of the American Dream: a college education. The overall findings suggest that while borrowing for college has exploded in the last five years, families are torn between their need to borrow and the burdens that these loans place on their present and future.
Our analysis of national data on borrowing revealed that changes in the federal student loan programs have had a dramatic impact on borrowing for college.
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The economic impact of student loans
A good education is one of the hallmarks of a thriving country, children get fundamental knowledge all through their childhood, and when they are old enough, they move on to universities and colleges where they get to specialize and prepare themselves for their careers. Over the last two decades, the economic conditions in the United States of America have tended to favor job seekers who have gone through a college education. Increasingly, the path to the American dream lay though varsities (Avery and Turner). As increasing numbers of young people are choosing to further their education post high school, the costs of attending four-year colleges have soared; it is becoming increasingly impossible to attend these institutions without the help of student loans. At the end of 2015 Americans owed 1.2 trillion dollars in student debt, this significant amount has the potential to affect the American economy in subtle ways. The increase in college education leads to a corresponding increase in student loans this negatively affects the economy (Akers and Chingos).
Increasing numbers of economists and education stakeholders are alarmed at the rate in which the cumulative amount of student debt is growing in America. Most people in analyzing the situation, are prone to comparing the current generation of students with the generation of students in the 70' and 80,s, back then, it was possible to attend school and work part-time to afford education. The ability to go to college and not be saddled with debt afterwards affords one certain liberties, young people could afford to buy homes and have children (Brown, Haughwout and Scally). Most people observing current educational trends are worried that the increasing amounts student debt holds young people from participating in the activities of their parents. These activities include buying homes and building families. This generational change is evident throughout the United States of America where home ownership has fallen to the lowest amount in the last fifty years.
In the student loan debate, three prominent positions are most pertinent. The first argument is that student loans leave many people saddled with debt long after they have graduated from college; many students face the bleak future of spending their whole lives paying back student loans. The second pertinent argument is that the massive amounts of debt that many students leave college with make them unable to advance their lives adequately because of the bad credit rating that their student loans give them. Young people cannot afford to take out loans to start businesses, buy vehicles, or even purchase homes. While these activities were typical for the generation of students that graduated before the 90's, they are not possible for the current generation of students (Rothstein and Rouse). The third argument in the ...
Assessing the costs of public higher education in the commonwealth of virgini...Robert M. Davis, MPA
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The economic impact of student loans
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Increasing numbers of economists and education stakeholders are alarmed at the rate in which the cumulative amount of student debt is growing in America. Most people in analyzing the situation, are prone to comparing the current generation of students with the generation of students in the 70' and 80,s, back then, it was possible to attend school and work part-time to afford education. The ability to go to college and not be saddled with debt afterwards affords one certain liberties, young people could afford to buy homes and have children (Brown, Haughwout and Scally). Most people observing current educational trends are worried that the increasing amounts student debt holds young people from participating in the activities of their parents. These activities include buying homes and building families. This generational change is evident throughout the United States of America where home ownership has fallen to the lowest amount in the last fifty years.
In the student loan debate, three prominent positions are most pertinent. The first argument is that student loans leave many people saddled with debt long after they have graduated from college; many students face the bleak future of spending their whole lives paying back student loans. The second pertinent argument is that the massive amounts of debt that many students leave college with make them unable to advance their lives adequately because of the bad credit rating that their student loans give them. Young people cannot afford to take out loans to start businesses, buy vehicles, or even purchase homes. While these activities were typical for the generation of students that graduated before the 90's, they are not possible for the current generation of students (Rothstein and Rouse). The third argument in the ...
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2. ● Student Debt in Canada: Education Shouldn't be a Debt Sen-
tence
● Table of Contents
● Introduction; Across Canada; Impact of Tuition Fees and Stu-
dent Debt; Debt Aversion; Persistence and Mental Health
● • Career Choice; Financial Ruin and Bankruptcy; Conclusion
Overview
3. ● INTRODUCTION
● As a result of cuts to federal funding for post-secondary educa-
tion over the last twenty-five years, provincial governments and
individual post-secondary educational institutions have re-
placed lost funds by increasing user fees. The share of uni-
versity operating budgets funded by tuition fees more than
doubled between 1985 and 2005, rising from 14% to 30%. This
rise in tuition fees has been accompanied by unprecedented
levels of student debt.
Long-term goal
4. ● Impact of Tuition Fees and Student Debt
● Among those who have never participated in post-secondary
education, “financial issues” have been found by researchers
to be the most commonly cited barrier. As demonstrated below,
financial struggles lead to a diverse array of consequences.
The Present Situation
5. ●
Debt Aversion Debt aversion is the personal calculation that the sacrifice of debt accumu-
lation and repayment are not worth the return from post-secondary education. When ex-
amining the details of financial barriers to participation in Canada, Malatest and Associates
found that debt aversion was strong among nonattendees, cited by one in four who said
that financial issues were preventing their enrolment1.
●
More detailed studies on debt aversion have been conducted in the United Kingdom. It has
been determined that students from racialised communities and lower income back-
grounds, as well as single parents are more likely to hold negative feelings about taking on
student debt2. Two thirds ofstudents who decide against enrolling in university say that
student debt affected their decision3. Debt aversion has also been linked to decisions
about where to study. In one UK survey, the vast majority of those who chose to live with
their parents while studying cited a desire to minimize student debt4.
●
After decades of fully subsidised post-secondary education for low- and middle-income
families, universal tuition fees were introduced in the UK. Stark results for debt aversion
after Top Up Fees were introduced in Britain led one think tank to recommend that the
government “reduce the price of [higher education] because it is a barrier to Higher Educa-
tion entry”5.
Development up to present
6. ● PERSISTENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH
● Apprehension about accumulating debt can also have a profound impact on the likelihood of completion.
As many students work part- or full-time to reduce their borrowing, academic commitments can become
more difficult to fulfil. Other students simply leave before completion at the first offer of decent employ-
ment as a way to stop accumulating debt.
●
Canadian research suggests that debt levels have a direct impact on success in post-secondary educa-
tion. One study found that as student debt rose from less than $1000 to $10,000 per year, program comple-
tion rates for those with only loans (and no grants) plummeted from 59% to 8%6. Similar conclusions can
be drawn from Statistics Canada’s Youth In Transition Survey (YITS), which found that of those who cease
their studies early, 36% cited financial reasons.
● Full-time study is associated with many different pressures and responsibilities. The pressure of mount-
ing student debt and juggling studying and employment are added burdens. Research from the United
Kingdom on student debt and mental health found that students with a high degree of financial worry
showed greater levels of tension, anxiety, and difficulty sleeping7. Even students with low levels of debt
reported lower perceived levels of achievement. Researchers have concluded that debt, even at low levels,
“can have a detrimental impact on students’ experience of university.”8
Potential Alternatives
7. ● CAREER CHOICE
● Each year, tens of thousands of students graduate with massive student debt loads. In
Canada, student loan repayment begins almost immediately, so graduates are forced to
make employment decisions based on what can best contribute to loan repayment. Stu-
dent loan obligations therefore reduces the ability of new graduates to: start a family; work
in public service careers; invest in other assets; build career-related volunteer experience;
or take lower paying work in their field to get a “foot in the door”.
● Surveys of students in programs with deregulated tuition fees have demonstrated that stu-
dent debt changes the career path of young graduates. Studies of medical students9 and
law students10 found that students expect to seek higher paying jobs in fields or regions
that are not necessarily their first choice. Student debt appears to be driving committed
young doctors away from family practice and young lawyers away from the public service
and/or pro bono work. These distorted career choices have an impact not only on individu-
al professionals but also on access to health care and legal services for all Canadians.
Recommendation
8. ●
Financial Ruin and Bankruptcy
●
Bankruptcy is supposed to be the last chance for the honest but unfortunate debtor. Yet, since 1998, students
who are forced to borrow to finance post-secondary education have been subjected to a law prohibiting
bankruptcy on student loans for many years after graduation. In effect, students with debt have been criminalised
and are faced with the same type of penalty as those convicted of fraud.
● The student loan bankruptcy prohibition targets an already vulnerable population. Those declaring bankruptcy on
their student loans before the prohibition was introduced in 1998 were more likely than other bankruptcy filers to:
be women; have lower average incomes ($14,000/year); work in low-skill jobs; and have received income
assistance11.
● A recent study on Canadians and sub-prime lending found student loans to be a major source of concern for
indebted Canadians: “Most troubling, it would appear that the debt incurred into for student loans [sic], incurred
mainly to secure a brighter financial future through advanced education, seems to be contributing significantly to
financial problems experienced by young adults...”12. The authors suggest that high student debt payments and
stagnant wages in Canada force many households to later rely on high-interest and sub-prime loans.
Financial Ruin & Bankruptcy
9. ●
Conclusion
● Tuition fees and other financial considerations foster an aversion to debt that prevents many
students (and parents) from making post-secondary education a priority. Debt is responsible for
lower levels of university and college completion, not to mention financial stress that is
disproportionately borne by those from low-income backgrounds. After graduation, student debt
perverts career choice, especially for professionals, which in turn impacts certain populations’
access to health care and legal aid.
● Although the Canada Student Loans Program has been in place since 1964 and tens of thousands
of students borrow to finance public post-secondary education each year, student debt is neither
inevitable nor necessary. Federal and provincial government divestment from public post-
secondary education has led to significant tuition fee increases. Students and their families have
shouldered the burden by going deeper into debt.
● Reducing both tuition fees and student debt is well within the Government of Canada’s grasp. For
example, the $1.44 billion scheme of education tax credits could be converted to student grants,
immediately reducing student debt by approximately 75%.
Conclusion