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Budding signs of economic recovery continued in October. GDP grew 3.5% in Q3, the first quarterly growth in over a year. Home sales jumped 9.4% in September due to the homebuyer tax credit. An extension of the tax credit passed through Congress in early November, expanding eligibility. The recovery is ongoing but unemployment, government debt, and trade imbalances still need addressing.
- The document discusses signs of economic recovery in the US, including GDP growth and increased home sales due to the home buyer tax credit. It also summarizes key housing market indicators like home prices, inventory, mortgage rates, and affordability.
- An extension of the home buyer tax credit was passed, increasing the income limits and allowing some existing homeowners to qualify for up to $6,500.
- Other policies discussed include potential replacement of the Home Valuation Code of Conduct and an extension of higher conforming loan limits through 2010.
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This document provides an overview and definitions of key concepts for understanding families from a sociological perspective. It defines different types of families, such as nuclear families, extended families, and stepfamilies. It also discusses sociological concepts for analyzing families, such as roles, norms, gender roles, and debates around how families are changing in modern society. The document is designed to supplement a textbook on families and sociology.
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The document provides an overview of sociology as a science and discusses various sociological perspectives on the family, including functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism. It also outlines different research methods used in family studies, such as surveys, experiments, and content analysis, and covers macro-level topics like gender roles and micro-level issues like conflict resolution. The document serves as supplemental material for a textbook on sociological perspectives of families.
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Currently, there is a call for a more affordable college education, which makes sense. It comes on the heels of a recession that undercut the value of a college education. Even those with a college degree were not immune to the financial hit that the economy took and those still paying off their student loans were often left without the very job they had always assumed would pay off their educational debts. To know more facts about college loans visit http://www.theedadvocate.org/6-facts-you-must-know-about-student-loans-and-college-debt/
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The document summarizes new policies that aim to make student loan repayments more affordable. It outlines that the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act allows student borrowers to limit their loan payments to 10% of their income and have any remaining debt forgiven after 20 years of payments, or 10 years for those in public service. More than 1 million borrowers would be eligible to lower their monthly payments under this new income-based repayment plan. The initiatives are funded by ending subsidies to financial institutions that provide federal student loans. The policies are part of broader efforts by the Obama administration to increase college affordability and degree attainment.
Easiest way to lower your student loan payments usflccdavid082silva
People saddled with student debt are warming up to the government's
generous offer to cap their monthly loan payments to a percentage of their
earnings. Use of so-called income-driven plans has gone up 56 percent since
last year, with 3.9 million borrowers enrolled, the Education Department said
Thursday.
The Pay as you Earn proposal will be available to more than 1.2 millions student borrowers and open new opportunities to them if they wish to consolidate Federal Student Loans more efficiently. The effect already took shape in 2014 and the statistics now suggest that the new income groups will profit from the scheme from 2017.
This document provides an overview of a student's research paper on the growth of student loan debt in the United States. It explores the history of rising tuition costs and student borrowing. The paper will examine trends in student debt levels and projections of how continued growth could impact both individual graduates and the broader economy. It will also review previous studies on the topic and the author's own empirical analysis of tuition rates, university finances, and debt levels compared to current labor market conditions for new graduates.
The US President announced changes to the Federal student loan forgiveness program, but many borrowers do not understand the changes and how they will benefit. The Education Department plans to launch initiatives to educate borrowers on the changes before they are implemented. Key changes include expanding the Pay As You Earn program to allow monthly payments of 10% of disposable income over 20 years before forgiving the debt, covering loans taken out before 2011, estimated savings of $8,500-$16,900 compared to other repayment plans, and a proposed law to refinance loans at lower interest rates. There is uncertainty if the changes will meet borrower expectations without proper communication from the Education Department.
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James Kvaal, the U.S. Under Secretary of Education, joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss the federal initiatives that will help people in the United States pay down their student loans, including President Biden's SAVE proposal.
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The court ruled in favor of the six GOP-led states that alleged President Joe
Biden overstepped his authority with his loan forgiveness plan.
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3The court handed down opinions in two cases challenging President Joe Biden’s
authority to issue his loan forgiveness plan under the Higher Education Relief
Opportunities for Students Act. In a 6-3 ruling, the court ruled in favor of the six
GOP-led states that alleged Biden overstepped his authority as president with his
loan forgiveness plan.
The court unanimously ruled that the two Texas students who said the federal
government did not provide a public comment period for them to register their
dissent did not have standing to sue and threw out their case.
In Biden v. Nebraska, the court ruled that Biden did not have the authority to issue
the forgiveness plan under the HEROES Act, a federal law passed in the wake of the
Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that allows the education secretary to change
student loan programs for those affected by the attack. In 2003, Congress extended
the law so the federal government could provide loan relief to students impacted by
war or a national emergency
Annotated Bibliography
What can be done to handle the student loan debt situation more effectively?
Akers, B. (2013). The Next Steps: Building a Reimagined System of Student Aid. Brown Center for Education Policy at Brookings. Retrieved from: https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/The-Next-Steps_Beth-Akers.pdf
According to Akers, higher education cost is quite unaffordable for most of the students. The quality of student aid is also low. This results in students taking more and more loans. This article suggests several ways in which we can handle the student loan debts by first coming up with a bill which will help to increase the requirements for a person to receive the higher education loan, which will discourage irregular applications for student loans, which is misused in most of the circumstances. He also suggests an increase in student grants and also increasing the amount of student financial aid. This will help the students to receive more money from donations and the financial aid instead of having to take the loans which they will need to pay in the future, after their education.
Akers, B., & Chingos, M. M. (2018). Game of loans: The rhetoric and reality of student debt (Vol. 101). Princeton University Press. Retrieved from: https://books.google.co.ke/books?hl=en&lr=&id=o3OYDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP7&dq=We%E2%80%99re+thinking+about+the+student+debt+crisis+all+wrong&ots=vDX2oIDYcL&sig=xdbiQpnw6pCHSJfGHYTNfW7Uz08&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
In this article, Akers presents a different aspect of student loans, which is also a critical point in finding a way of dealing with student loans. Some of the students take loans to finance their education, but instead of paying for their fees, they misuse the money in other aspects of their college life. Others use some portion of the money to pay the fee and utilize the rest of the money in different dimensions. Akers thus suggests the use of better mechanisms to mitigate the misuse of student loans. This will either direct the funds taken for loans to finance higher education directly to the college accounts or follow up on the way the students use the loans that they take in the interest of financing their higher education.
Cunningham, A. F., & Santiago, D. A. (2008). Student aversion to borrowing: Who borrows and who doesn't. Institute for Higher Education Policy. Retrieved from: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED503684
This article by Cunningham presents the issues that have resulted in increased student loan debts. The article cites the increased cost of college education and how it has led to increased borrowing of money by the students to finance it as well as low student aid. The article also suggests ways by which the student loan debt can be reduced in subsequent years by increasing the financial literacy of these students before they take the loans as most of them do not have relevant skills concerning loans. The government is also given the suggestion of ...
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This document provides an overview of President Obama's America's College Promise proposal to make two years of community college free. It discusses the history of similar proposals going back to the Truman Commission in 1947. It outlines the key components of Obama's plan, including federal and state funding. It also discusses benefits like increased access, concerns about the impact on private colleges, and questions around improving completion rates. Examples from Tennessee, Chicago, and Scotland are presented.
Student loan debt in the United States has risen dramatically in recent decades. The cost of higher education has increased substantially, forcing many students to take on large amounts of debt to pay for college through student loans. This growing student debt burden has significant negative consequences, as many graduates struggle to pay off their loans while also trying to start careers and families. Possible solutions discussed in the document include reducing interest rates on student loans, increasing financial aid programs, making colleges lower tuition costs, and establishing more flexible repayment plans tailored to graduates' incomes. Overall, the rising levels of student loan debt pose serious economic challenges that require action from both the government and higher education institutions.
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Students debts in the United States are a sort of financial support that has to be payback, in contrary to other kind of financial support like as scholarships and releases. Student debts contribute big role in U.S. higher studies . Around 20 million Americans join college every year. Out of that 20 million, nearly 20 million or 60 % take debt annually to support cover costs. In Europe, advance education is in addition subsidized for learners and financially aided by government. In fraction of Asia and Latin America maximum after secondary education is yet private with small financial support by the governments. Whatsover, in the U.S. many of college is financially aided by learners and their relatives with government bodies being financially aided in fraction by state and localized taxation, and combined private with public bodies through extra rewards from social welfare and students.
The interest rate currently is 3.4 percent p.a, wherein debates are in to increase same to 6.8 percent p.a, which seems to be the exactly double of the current interest rates.
The argument is that forgiveness of students loans will stimulate job growth and overall economy growth and will lead more people to get an education. But, it will never be an investment for collective growth as a country.
Every week, new petitions popups emerge urging the government to forgive all students debts.
The theory is simple, if we provide one time bailout of students loan debts, it in a way would stimulate the upliftment of sluggish economy.
After all, college graduates are the people, who are required by the society to do things like improve business, purchase homes, and cars, make discoveries , invent new things, initiate new ideas, have families, have kids and people burdened with loans do not likely make such investment of take such initiatives.
Thus unburdening them will improve the housing market commodity market, stock market and would eventually result in overall economic growth.
With the acceptance of this proposal by the president , millions of people in America , would all of a sudden have hundreds , in some cases, thousands of dollars in their pockets to invest in various industries and contribute to the overall improvement of economy.
Education loan has become the latest financial crisis in USA and if nothing is done absolutely , then the entire economy will eventually come slugging down again, as it happened earlier when coming loan is we pop up.
Those who are burdened with student loan debts, do not even think of making any investments etc, wherein we desperate people to indulge into activities which would help us pull ourselves out of the giant hole created .
This particular reasoning may sound to be very expensive but same was the condition with the banks and auto bailouts and the thinking goes as bankers and auto maker like “fat cats” get a forgiveness, why not students?
A better approach to this problem would to this problem would be that the loan ...
Cost concerns and economic anxieties have put school construction projects on shaky ground. Rising construction costs over the past few years due to high fuel and material prices, combined with current state budget shortfalls, have made funding school construction difficult. Many school districts are hoping that the federal economic stimulus package will provide $14 billion to help fund necessary school repair, renovation and construction projects. However, some experts estimate that $30-$45 billion may be needed to address all infrastructure needs. Many districts rely on bond measures to fund construction, but uncertain economic conditions may make passing bonds more difficult. Some districts have also seen declines in state funding for construction due to budget issues. There are hopes that construction cost inflation may be slowing, however,
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cymakers across the country: while tuition at
four-year colleges is increasing at a dizzying
pace, community colleges offer an affordable
alternative for millions of students.
According to a new report, however, graduating
from a community college — the only affordable avenue
available for millions of
underprivileged and
minority students seeking
a college education — is
becoming out of reach for
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dents as tuition increases
continue to outpace the
rise in family income.
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education spending as
they struggle to close
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for those students who tra-
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the 2-year institutions,
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issued by the National Center for Public Policy and
Higher Education.
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for students who most rely on the institutions.
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the past decade,” the report said. “Median
family income, adjusted for inflation,
declined in the United States over the past
decade. At the same time, tuition at two-
and four-year colleges increased at a rate
faster than inflation or family income, and
student financial assistance did not keep
pace, exacerbating the college affordability
and college completion problems.”
“Concerns about college affordability
have most likely been driving many stu-
dents to community colleges. If current
trends continue, more students will be
priced out of higher education altogether,”
the report said.
The report found that tuition rates at
community colleges rose faster than family
income in every state except Maine since
1999. In California, home of the nation’s
largest community college system, the cost
of attending community college increased
77 percent between 1999 and 2009, while
median family income increased just 5 per-
cent, the report said.
Patrick Callan, founder and executive
director of the California-based center, said
the report documents a trend that has been
under way for 30 years. Over that time, the
cost of college has increased even faster
than the cost of health care, and much more
than inflation or family income.
Galloping Increases
The economic downturn has only
worsened the situation and undermines the
country’s goal of producing more college
graduates.
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I. The typical American dream of a good career, family, and home is difficult to achieve without a college education. However, obtaining a degree from a high-cost university often results in being buried under immense student debt.
II. While student debt at elite universities like Harvard is extremely high, the average student debt at a four-year public university is around $30,000 upon graduation, leaving many graduates in difficult financial situations.
III. The myth that student debt is always crippling is untrue, as costs and outcomes can vary significantly between different types of universities and degree programs.
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Forgiving Students’ Loan
Students’ debts in the United States are a sort of financial support that has to be paid back, in contrary to other kind of financial support like as scholarships and releases (Bryfonski, 70). Students’ debts play a huge role in U.S. higher studies. Around 20 million Americans join college every year. Out of that 20 million, nearly 20 million or 60% take debt annually to cover costs. In Europe, for instance, advance education is in addition subsidized for learners and financially aided by government. In fraction of Asia and Latin America maximum after secondary education is still private with small financial support by the governments. Whatsoever, in the U.S. many of college is financially aided by learners and their relatives with government bodies being financially aided in fraction by state and localized taxation, and combined private with public bodies through extra rewards from social welfare and students. The interest rate currently is 3.4% per annum, wherein debates are in to increase it to 6.8% p.a, which seems to be the exact double of the current interest rates (Szmigin et al, 602).
Every week, new petitions popups emerge urging the government to forgive all students debts. The argument is that forgiveness of students loans will stimulate job growth and overall economy growth and will lead more people to get an education. But, it will never be an investment for collective growth as a country (Field, 2007). The theory is simple, if we provide one time bailout of students loan debts, it would stimulate and uplift the sluggish economy. After all, college graduates are the people, who are required by the society to do things like improve business, purchase homes, and cars, make discoveries , invent new things, initiate new ideas, have families, have kids and people burdened with loans do not likely make such investment of take such initiatives.
Drawing reference from Kelly’s, Forgiving Loans of Those in Public Service Grows Popular, but Programs Are Unproven, it can be said that unburdening them will improve the housing market commodity market, stock market and would eventually result in overall economic growth. With the acceptance of this proposal by the President, millions of people in America, would all of a sudden have hundreds, in some cases, thousands of dollars in their pockets to invest in various industries and contribute to the overall improvement of economy (Field, 2007).
Education loans have become the latest financial crisis in USA and if absolutely nothing is done, then the entire economy will eventually become slugging, as it happened earlier. Those who are burdened with student loan debts, do not even think of making any investments etc., while the economy desperately needs people to indulge into activities which would help us pull ourselves out of the giant hole created thus the reason for unburdening students’ loan (students loan, 1990). This particula ...
20120326c_Back To School-Cols DispatchSteve Newman
This document summarizes the growing trend of baby boomers returning to college in their 50s and 60s to gain new skills and retrain for new careers due to job losses and downsized retirement accounts from the recession. It discusses how enrollment of older students at Columbus State Community College increased over 80% between 2007-2011, making them the fastest growing student group. It provides an example of 51-year-old Steve Newman who returned to college after being laid off from his engineering job of 25 years. Experts say retraining older workers is important for the economy as the labor force growth declines with retiring baby boomers.
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The document summarizes new policies that aim to make student loan repayments more affordable. It outlines that the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act allows student borrowers to limit their loan payments to 10% of their income and have any remaining debt forgiven after 20 years of payments, or 10 years for those in public service. More than 1 million borrowers would be eligible to lower their monthly payments under this new income-based repayment plan. The initiatives are funded by ending subsidies to financial institutions that provide federal student loans. The policies are part of broader efforts by the Obama administration to increase college affordability and degree attainment.
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This document provides an overview of a student's research paper on the growth of student loan debt in the United States. It explores the history of rising tuition costs and student borrowing. The paper will examine trends in student debt levels and projections of how continued growth could impact both individual graduates and the broader economy. It will also review previous studies on the topic and the author's own empirical analysis of tuition rates, university finances, and debt levels compared to current labor market conditions for new graduates.
The US President announced changes to the Federal student loan forgiveness program, but many borrowers do not understand the changes and how they will benefit. The Education Department plans to launch initiatives to educate borrowers on the changes before they are implemented. Key changes include expanding the Pay As You Earn program to allow monthly payments of 10% of disposable income over 20 years before forgiving the debt, covering loans taken out before 2011, estimated savings of $8,500-$16,900 compared to other repayment plans, and a proposed law to refinance loans at lower interest rates. There is uncertainty if the changes will meet borrower expectations without proper communication from the Education Department.
Student Loan: Education Official Explains What Borrowers Should Know | Future...Future Education Magazine
James Kvaal, the U.S. Under Secretary of Education, joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss the federal initiatives that will help people in the United States pay down their student loans, including President Biden's SAVE proposal.
Nearly 1.4 million Texans could be
impacted by U.S. Supreme Court decision
blocking student loan forgiveness
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Biden overstepped his authority with his loan forgiveness plan.
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3The court handed down opinions in two cases challenging President Joe Biden’s
authority to issue his loan forgiveness plan under the Higher Education Relief
Opportunities for Students Act. In a 6-3 ruling, the court ruled in favor of the six
GOP-led states that alleged Biden overstepped his authority as president with his
loan forgiveness plan.
The court unanimously ruled that the two Texas students who said the federal
government did not provide a public comment period for them to register their
dissent did not have standing to sue and threw out their case.
In Biden v. Nebraska, the court ruled that Biden did not have the authority to issue
the forgiveness plan under the HEROES Act, a federal law passed in the wake of the
Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that allows the education secretary to change
student loan programs for those affected by the attack. In 2003, Congress extended
the law so the federal government could provide loan relief to students impacted by
war or a national emergency
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Akers, B. (2013). The Next Steps: Building a Reimagined System of Student Aid. Brown Center for Education Policy at Brookings. Retrieved from: https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/The-Next-Steps_Beth-Akers.pdf
According to Akers, higher education cost is quite unaffordable for most of the students. The quality of student aid is also low. This results in students taking more and more loans. This article suggests several ways in which we can handle the student loan debts by first coming up with a bill which will help to increase the requirements for a person to receive the higher education loan, which will discourage irregular applications for student loans, which is misused in most of the circumstances. He also suggests an increase in student grants and also increasing the amount of student financial aid. This will help the students to receive more money from donations and the financial aid instead of having to take the loans which they will need to pay in the future, after their education.
Akers, B., & Chingos, M. M. (2018). Game of loans: The rhetoric and reality of student debt (Vol. 101). Princeton University Press. Retrieved from: https://books.google.co.ke/books?hl=en&lr=&id=o3OYDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP7&dq=We%E2%80%99re+thinking+about+the+student+debt+crisis+all+wrong&ots=vDX2oIDYcL&sig=xdbiQpnw6pCHSJfGHYTNfW7Uz08&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
In this article, Akers presents a different aspect of student loans, which is also a critical point in finding a way of dealing with student loans. Some of the students take loans to finance their education, but instead of paying for their fees, they misuse the money in other aspects of their college life. Others use some portion of the money to pay the fee and utilize the rest of the money in different dimensions. Akers thus suggests the use of better mechanisms to mitigate the misuse of student loans. This will either direct the funds taken for loans to finance higher education directly to the college accounts or follow up on the way the students use the loans that they take in the interest of financing their higher education.
Cunningham, A. F., & Santiago, D. A. (2008). Student aversion to borrowing: Who borrows and who doesn't. Institute for Higher Education Policy. Retrieved from: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED503684
This article by Cunningham presents the issues that have resulted in increased student loan debts. The article cites the increased cost of college education and how it has led to increased borrowing of money by the students to finance it as well as low student aid. The article also suggests ways by which the student loan debt can be reduced in subsequent years by increasing the financial literacy of these students before they take the loans as most of them do not have relevant skills concerning loans. The government is also given the suggestion of ...
America’s College Promise Proposal - Key noteJeff Ritter
This document provides an overview of President Obama's America's College Promise proposal to make two years of community college free. It discusses the history of similar proposals going back to the Truman Commission in 1947. It outlines the key components of Obama's plan, including federal and state funding. It also discusses benefits like increased access, concerns about the impact on private colleges, and questions around improving completion rates. Examples from Tennessee, Chicago, and Scotland are presented.
Student loan debt in the United States has risen dramatically in recent decades. The cost of higher education has increased substantially, forcing many students to take on large amounts of debt to pay for college through student loans. This growing student debt burden has significant negative consequences, as many graduates struggle to pay off their loans while also trying to start careers and families. Possible solutions discussed in the document include reducing interest rates on student loans, increasing financial aid programs, making colleges lower tuition costs, and establishing more flexible repayment plans tailored to graduates' incomes. Overall, the rising levels of student loan debt pose serious economic challenges that require action from both the government and higher education institutions.
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Students debts in the United States are a sort of financial support that has to be payback, in contrary to other kind of financial support like as scholarships and releases. Student debts contribute big role in U.S. higher studies . Around 20 million Americans join college every year. Out of that 20 million, nearly 20 million or 60 % take debt annually to support cover costs. In Europe, advance education is in addition subsidized for learners and financially aided by government. In fraction of Asia and Latin America maximum after secondary education is yet private with small financial support by the governments. Whatsover, in the U.S. many of college is financially aided by learners and their relatives with government bodies being financially aided in fraction by state and localized taxation, and combined private with public bodies through extra rewards from social welfare and students.
The interest rate currently is 3.4 percent p.a, wherein debates are in to increase same to 6.8 percent p.a, which seems to be the exactly double of the current interest rates.
The argument is that forgiveness of students loans will stimulate job growth and overall economy growth and will lead more people to get an education. But, it will never be an investment for collective growth as a country.
Every week, new petitions popups emerge urging the government to forgive all students debts.
The theory is simple, if we provide one time bailout of students loan debts, it in a way would stimulate the upliftment of sluggish economy.
After all, college graduates are the people, who are required by the society to do things like improve business, purchase homes, and cars, make discoveries , invent new things, initiate new ideas, have families, have kids and people burdened with loans do not likely make such investment of take such initiatives.
Thus unburdening them will improve the housing market commodity market, stock market and would eventually result in overall economic growth.
With the acceptance of this proposal by the president , millions of people in America , would all of a sudden have hundreds , in some cases, thousands of dollars in their pockets to invest in various industries and contribute to the overall improvement of economy.
Education loan has become the latest financial crisis in USA and if nothing is done absolutely , then the entire economy will eventually come slugging down again, as it happened earlier when coming loan is we pop up.
Those who are burdened with student loan debts, do not even think of making any investments etc, wherein we desperate people to indulge into activities which would help us pull ourselves out of the giant hole created .
This particular reasoning may sound to be very expensive but same was the condition with the banks and auto bailouts and the thinking goes as bankers and auto maker like “fat cats” get a forgiveness, why not students?
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Cost concerns and economic anxieties have put school construction projects on shaky ground. Rising construction costs over the past few years due to high fuel and material prices, combined with current state budget shortfalls, have made funding school construction difficult. Many school districts are hoping that the federal economic stimulus package will provide $14 billion to help fund necessary school repair, renovation and construction projects. However, some experts estimate that $30-$45 billion may be needed to address all infrastructure needs. Many districts rely on bond measures to fund construction, but uncertain economic conditions may make passing bonds more difficult. Some districts have also seen declines in state funding for construction due to budget issues. There are hopes that construction cost inflation may be slowing, however,
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cymakers across the country: while tuition at
four-year colleges is increasing at a dizzying
pace, community colleges offer an affordable
alternative for millions of students.
According to a new report, however, graduating
from a community college — the only affordable avenue
available for millions of
underprivileged and
minority students seeking
a college education — is
becoming out of reach for
growing numbers of stu-
dents as tuition increases
continue to outpace the
rise in family income.
Many states, mean-
while, are reducing higher
education spending as
they struggle to close
yawning budget deficits,
threatening community
college access, especially
for those students who tra-
ditionally have relied on
the 2-year institutions,
according to a report
issued by the National Center for Public Policy and
Higher Education.
“Many students are not able to keep pace with rising
tuition, because family earnings have lost ground over
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Thousands of community college students donned caps and gowns and graduated this spring.
But a new report suggests that the escalating cost of attending community college is limiting access
for students who most rely on the institutions.
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trends
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more students
will be priced
out of higher
education
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the past decade,” the report said. “Median
family income, adjusted for inflation,
declined in the United States over the past
decade. At the same time, tuition at two-
and four-year colleges increased at a rate
faster than inflation or family income, and
student financial assistance did not keep
pace, exacerbating the college affordability
and college completion problems.”
“Concerns about college affordability
have most likely been driving many stu-
dents to community colleges. If current
trends continue, more students will be
priced out of higher education altogether,”
the report said.
The report found that tuition rates at
community colleges rose faster than family
income in every state except Maine since
1999. In California, home of the nation’s
largest community college system, the cost
of attending community college increased
77 percent between 1999 and 2009, while
median family income increased just 5 per-
cent, the report said.
Patrick Callan, founder and executive
director of the California-based center, said
the report documents a trend that has been
under way for 30 years. Over that time, the
cost of college has increased even faster
than the cost of health care, and much more
than inflation or family income.
Galloping Increases
The economic downturn has only
worsened the situation and undermines the
country’s goal of producing more college
graduates.
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I. The typical American dream of a good career, family, and home is difficult to achieve without a college education. However, obtaining a degree from a high-cost university often results in being buried under immense student debt.
II. While student debt at elite universities like Harvard is extremely high, the average student debt at a four-year public university is around $30,000 upon graduation, leaving many graduates in difficult financial situations.
III. The myth that student debt is always crippling is untrue, as costs and outcomes can vary significantly between different types of universities and degree programs.
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Forgiving Students’ Loan
Students’ debts in the United States are a sort of financial support that has to be paid back, in contrary to other kind of financial support like as scholarships and releases (Bryfonski, 70). Students’ debts play a huge role in U.S. higher studies. Around 20 million Americans join college every year. Out of that 20 million, nearly 20 million or 60% take debt annually to cover costs. In Europe, for instance, advance education is in addition subsidized for learners and financially aided by government. In fraction of Asia and Latin America maximum after secondary education is still private with small financial support by the governments. Whatsoever, in the U.S. many of college is financially aided by learners and their relatives with government bodies being financially aided in fraction by state and localized taxation, and combined private with public bodies through extra rewards from social welfare and students. The interest rate currently is 3.4% per annum, wherein debates are in to increase it to 6.8% p.a, which seems to be the exact double of the current interest rates (Szmigin et al, 602).
Every week, new petitions popups emerge urging the government to forgive all students debts. The argument is that forgiveness of students loans will stimulate job growth and overall economy growth and will lead more people to get an education. But, it will never be an investment for collective growth as a country (Field, 2007). The theory is simple, if we provide one time bailout of students loan debts, it would stimulate and uplift the sluggish economy. After all, college graduates are the people, who are required by the society to do things like improve business, purchase homes, and cars, make discoveries , invent new things, initiate new ideas, have families, have kids and people burdened with loans do not likely make such investment of take such initiatives.
Drawing reference from Kelly’s, Forgiving Loans of Those in Public Service Grows Popular, but Programs Are Unproven, it can be said that unburdening them will improve the housing market commodity market, stock market and would eventually result in overall economic growth. With the acceptance of this proposal by the President, millions of people in America, would all of a sudden have hundreds, in some cases, thousands of dollars in their pockets to invest in various industries and contribute to the overall improvement of economy (Field, 2007).
Education loans have become the latest financial crisis in USA and if absolutely nothing is done, then the entire economy will eventually become slugging, as it happened earlier. Those who are burdened with student loan debts, do not even think of making any investments etc., while the economy desperately needs people to indulge into activities which would help us pull ourselves out of the giant hole created thus the reason for unburdening students’ loan (students loan, 1990). This particula ...
20120326c_Back To School-Cols DispatchSteve Newman
This document summarizes the growing trend of baby boomers returning to college in their 50s and 60s to gain new skills and retrain for new careers due to job losses and downsized retirement accounts from the recession. It discusses how enrollment of older students at Columbus State Community College increased over 80% between 2007-2011, making them the fastest growing student group. It provides an example of 51-year-old Steve Newman who returned to college after being laid off from his engineering job of 25 years. Experts say retraining older workers is important for the economy as the labor force growth declines with retiring baby boomers.
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1. Obama signs student loan deal, says job isn't done
Even while they passed the bill weeks
earlier, congressional officials had been
previously talking in regards for you to a
broader approach to curbing fast-climbing
costs and perhaps scrapping the deal once
they take up a rewrite with the higher
Education Act this fall.
Obama cast your student loan offer as just
the initial of numerous measures the
particular U.S. In the actual event that the
economy improves inside the coming a
prolonged time as expected, it's heading to
turn out to always be able to be much more high priced for that government for you to borrow
money, and also that price will be passed on to students.
Undergraduates this fall will borrow in a 3.9 percent interest charge for subsidized along with
unsubsidized loans. Utilizing Congressional Spending Budget office estimates, prices wouldn't
normally reach individuals restrictions within the subsequent ten years.. The Actual Congressional
budget office estimated the balance would decrease the deficit through $715 million over your next
decade.
White Residence officials get said Obama promises to lay out an extensive and aggressive strategy in
the coming months for you to tackle the particular spiraling cost of your university education.
Graduate students is not heading to spend rates higher than 9.5 percent, along with parents' prices
would best out with 10.5 percent. "We've got to complete some thing with regards to it."
President Obama signs legislation inside the Eisenhower Executive Workplace building about the
White Home Campus within Washington.AP
The legislation hyperlinks student loan rates regarding interest for the economic markets. It's
unrealistic to acquire a lot of folks," Obama said, calling it a weight too upon people that have to
stability various other priorities, similar to investing in a home, along with helping fund their
children's educations. This provides lower prices this fall because the government could take credit
cheaply only from that time. I haven't performed this in a while," Obama said, alluding for the
trouble he's faced receiving Congress, especially the Republican-controlled House, to approve his
legislative priorities, like gun manage and also budget deals.
Encircled through lawmakers via both events within the Oval Office, Obama praised Democrats and
Republicans alike pertaining to agreeing -- finally -- on what he called any sensible, reasonable
approach to end up being able to student training loans even as he cautioned that will "our task is
not done."
2. "Hint, hint," he included with laughter.
"With your stroke of your pen, we've now officially taken the actual politics out of student loans," he
said.
The uncommon compromise emerged merely following a frenzy of summer negotiations, together
with lawmakers from odds over how loan rates needs for you to be set inside the future even while
they agreed which any doubling regarding prices -- it kicked within July one when Congress failed to
do something ahead associated with the deadline -- will be negative policy and negative information
with regard to students.
Interest rates won't top 8.25 percent regarding undergraduates. requirements to create university
affordable like a higher-tech economy makes advanced coaching as well as schooling absolutely
essential for a fantastic deal of workers.
Boehner known as it "a good day" and a fine instance of what Washington may accomplish when
petty partisanship is place aside.
"Feels good signing bills. Graduate students would have access to loans with 5.4 percent, along with
parents would borrow in 6.4 percent. Following that, rates of interest are anticipated for you to
climb over exactly where these folks were when students left campus inside the spring, if
congressional estimates show correct for 10-year Treasury notes.
About 11 million students this coming year are anticipated to have lower fascination rates, saving
the common undergraduate $1,500 on interest charges in this year's loans.
In all, a few 18 million loans will be covered from the legislation, totaling concerning $106 billion
this fall. the prices would be locked within with regard to that will year's loan, yet each year's loan
3. could be more expensive than the last.
The compromise is truly a good deal regarding almost all students through the actual 2015 academic
year.
To in which end, Obama stated he'd become searching towards the exact same coalition of political
forces that will came together on student loans while he pursues further steps.
But even the feel-good moment at the White house came with reminders in the bitter partisanship
that will nonetheless helps make future deals extremely hard for Obama. With Out congressional as
well as presidential action, prices would have stayed at 6.8 percent.
"The price of faculty remains extraordinarily high. Home Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, known as
the law part of your "Republican work opportunities plan," although house Democratic leader Nancy
Pelosi of California said it "stands within stark distinction to the house Republicans' plan for you to
saddle households along with billions a lot more in student debt."
President Obama signed straight into law Friday a new measure restoring lower interest levels with
regard to student loans, pledging your hard-fought compromise could be just the extremely first step
in the broader, concerted fight in order to rein within the expenses of the university education.
Rates upon new subsidized Stafford loans doubled in order to 6.8 % July 1 when Congress couldn't
acknowledge any way to keep them at the previous 3.4 % rate