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The '''student debt crisis''' is a unique phenomenon in the US whereby students are financially crippled by debt taken out to pay for higher education. This crisis has arisen from finance capitalism's parasitic drive for increased profits.<ref>[https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/student-debt-crisis-how-american-educational-institutions-fail-communities/ Student debt crisis: How American educational institutions fail communities] by [[People's World]]</ref> 44 million Americans collectively hold about $1.6 trillion in student debt.<ref>[https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/12/how-student-debt-became-a-1point6-trillion-crisis.html How student debt became a $1.6 trillion crisis] by CNBC</ref>
The '''student debt crisis''' is a unique phenomenon in the [[United States of America|USA]] whereby students are financially crippled by [[student debt]] taken out to pay for higher education. This crisis has arisen from finance [[capitalism]]'s parasitic drive for increased profits.<ref>[https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/student-debt-crisis-how-american-educational-institutions-fail-communities/ Student debt crisis: How American educational institutions fail communities] by [[People's World]]</ref> 44 million Statesians collectively hold about $1.6 trillion in student debt.<ref>[https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/12/how-student-debt-became-a-1point6-trillion-crisis.html How student debt became a $1.6 trillion crisis] by CNBC</ref>


The reason this crisis is unique to the US, is because many other countries offer higher education at much lower costs; many offer tuition-free education<ref>[https://www.edmit.me/blog/countries-with-free-or-virtually-free-college-tuition 10 European countries with free or virtually free college tuition]</ref>, or very cheap education<ref>[https://studentloanhero.com/featured/6-countries-with-free-college-for-americans/ 7 Countries With Nearly Free College: Where You Can Study Abroad for Close to Free]</ref>, and some countries even offer to pay students for their time in university, to incentivize them to attain higher levels of education rather than immediately entering the workforce.<ref>[https://www.mic.com/articles/110302/this-country-is-literally-paying-students-to-go-to-college This Country Is Literally Paying Students to Go to College]</ref>
The reason this crisis is unique to the US, is because many other countries offer higher education at much lower costs; many offer tuition-free education<ref>[https://www.edmit.me/blog/countries-with-free-or-virtually-free-college-tuition 10 European countries with free or virtually free college tuition]</ref>, or very cheap education<ref>[https://studentloanhero.com/featured/6-countries-with-free-college-for-americans/ 7 Countries With Nearly Free College: Where You Can Study Abroad for Close to Free]</ref>, and some countries even offer to pay students for their time in university, to incentivize them to attain higher levels of education rather than immediately entering the workforce.<ref>[https://www.mic.com/articles/110302/this-country-is-literally-paying-students-to-go-to-college This Country Is Literally Paying Students to Go to College]</ref>

Latest revision as of 18:35, 23 October 2022

The student debt crisis is a unique phenomenon in the USA whereby students are financially crippled by student debt taken out to pay for higher education. This crisis has arisen from finance capitalism's parasitic drive for increased profits.[1] 44 million Statesians collectively hold about $1.6 trillion in student debt.[2]

The reason this crisis is unique to the US, is because many other countries offer higher education at much lower costs; many offer tuition-free education[3], or very cheap education[4], and some countries even offer to pay students for their time in university, to incentivize them to attain higher levels of education rather than immediately entering the workforce.[5]

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