BUZZING· 71%29m·2026-07-01·News PoliticsWhy Americans Will Get Less Help Paying for College
As the cost of higher education has soared in recent decades, universities have attracted more scrutiny about the value of a four-year degree. Now, the Trump administration is taking those questions to the next level with a set of policies that scales back the federal government’s student loan program. Ron Lieber, who…
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“The cost of higher education has soared because of federal loans and enormous waste at universities. Simply handing more money to these crooks is not the solution.”
“The cost of college has quadrupled the rate of inflation since 1980.”
“Students at large state schools are now paying fees to compensate “student” athletes and athletic programs.”
“It’s interesting that colleges and universities immediately pushed back by saying that less well off people wouldn’t be able to get degrees by saddling themselves with years of debt but apparently never considered maybe just making the prog…”
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