Are Students the New Indentured Servants?

College student-loan debt has revived the spirit of indenture for a sizable proportion of contemporary Americans.

College student-loan debt has revived the spirit of indenture for a sizable proportion of contemporary Americans. It is not a minor threshold that young people entering adult society and work, or those returning to college seeking enhanced credentials, might pass through easily. Because of its unprecedented and escalating amounts, it is a major constraint that looms over the lives of those so contracted, binding individuals for a significant part of their ... Full Story »

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Patricia L'Herrou
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by Patricia L'Herrou - Feb. 6, 2009

a useful view of the burdens placed on those who have student loans to get through college/graduate school. while the comparison to indentured servitude is perhaps too far, there's validity in discussing the weight of the burden it places. what's most important here are some other models of how to do this with a much smaller burden. not enough discussion of the role of universities in skyrocketing costs, nor of how this limitis lower-paid public service job choices for graduates..

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