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From public good to personal pursuit: Historical roots of the student debt crisis

  • Written by Thomas Adam, Professor of Transnational History, University of Texas Arlington
imageHas student debt changed because the purpose of education has changed?John Collier/Library of Congress, Ermolaev Alexander/Shutterstock.com

The promise of free college education helped propel Bernie Sanders’ 2016 bid for the Democratic nomination to national prominence. It reverberated during the confirmation hearings for Betsy DeVos as...

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