Good Talks: Student Loan Debt, Higher Ed Policy, Forgiveness Debates, & Systemic Issues w/ Flavia Nunez

Our guest today is Flavia Nunez who joins us to help turn down the noise on the student loans debates over forgiveness, repayment, how the entire system of student financing really works. Flavia brings the focus back to the human aspect of an issue that has become all slogans and buzzwords, explaining from first-hand experience the pressure that is put on first time college students to take financial aid, and how that pressure is not only ramping up but an intregal part of the higher education business model. Flavia also breaksdown how the student loan issue is different for undergrad, graduate, and post-graduate students, answers the charges that the student loan system is predatory, and explains what part of the controversy comes down to personal responsibility and what is a system taking unfair advantage. Plus, Flavia explains how just forgiving student loan debt without fixing the underlying problem of the cost of higher education will not only be ineffective, but will exacerbate the problem.

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