Tuesday, June 2, 2015
How student debt became a presidential campaign issue - Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Washington Post
“We’re talking about over 40 million Americans who have student debt,” said Sarah Audelo of the Center for American Progress. “We have this multi-generational impact . . . and there has to be a conversation.” The latest data from the New York Federal Reserve shows that 65 percent of student loans are held by Americans younger than 39, while people age 40 to 59 hold another 30 percent. The issue weighs heaviest on the minds of millennials, who have endured soaring college costs that forced many to take on tens of thousands of dollars in debt. A Harvard University Institute of Politics poll found that 57 percent of people under 30 believe that student debt is a major problem for young people.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/how-student-debt-became-a-presidential-campaign-issue/2015/05/24/1463948e-f41c-11e4-b2f3-af5479e6bbdd_story.html