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Students walk between classes on the Locust Walk on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pa.
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The New Republic reports from X, in a piece recirculated from July:
TNR neglects to admit that the federal loan environment needs a course correction: The United States has $1.7 trillion in outstanding student loans, and one in five student loan borrowers (9.5 million) are in default. This means that a significant proportion of students are taking out loans to pay for degree programs that actually leave them worse off financially, at massive taxpayer expense.
About the Author
Skyler Safriet is a William F. Buckley Jr. Fellow in Political Journalism for National Review. She is a graduate of Boston College, where she studied philosophy and competed as a heptathlete in track and field.
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The New Republic reports from X, in a piece recirculated from July:
TNR neglects to admit that the federal loan environment needs a course correction: The United States has $1.7 trillion in outstanding student loans, and one in five student loan borrowers (9.5 million) are in default. This means that a significant proportion of students are taking out loans to pay for degree programs that actually leave them worse off financially, at massive taxpayer expense.
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About the Author
Skyler Safriet is a William F. Buckley Jr. Fellow in Political Journalism for National Review. She is a graduate of Boston College, where she studied philosophy and competed as a heptathlete in track and field.
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