Economic B enefit
● “Young a dults w ith a high s chool d iploma earned 6 2% of the typical salary of
college g raduates.” (earning gap between c ollege a nd h ighschool)
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Student Debt
● “ A fter holding my masters f or three years, i ’m still trying to find a m asters l evel
position. I have been s eeking employment for about three years a nd after about
a h undred interviews, I’m l eft d oing c ontract work $ 19 an hour.” A graduate f rom
Chatham University s tates. H er student debt i s $ 86,000. (debt s tories1)
○ Mother o f three, married, can’t afford a home
● A l ot o f these a rticles g o t o s how that college i s b ecoming s o e xpensive that
middle c lass people, w hich m ake u p most o f the u nited States, c an’t e ven a fford
to g o and p ay b ack t he d ebt.
● The F ederal reserve states after a r eport on student d ebt, “ The r eport found t hat
student debt r emains t he second l argest s ource o f h ousehold d ebt b ehind
mortgages” ( student d ebt i s t errible)
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Conclusion