Final AU


In The New York Times Opinionator piece by Joseph Stiglitz entitled "Student Debt and the Crushing of the American Dream" (May 12, 2013), how does Stiglitz say that student loans are an impediment to the American economy and American society? Do you think most informed Americans would agree that education should be funded the way that Australia finances higher education? Provide examples from any of your reading, your conversations with other Americans or your experience to support your evaluation of the author's assertion.


"Financing Higher Education Worldwide" by Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed

Worldwide, Financing for Higher Education Is Increasingly Shifting from Public to Private Sources by Burton Bollag for The Chronicle of Higher Education

Global: Financing Higher Education Worldwide a review of Financing Higher Education Worldwide: Who Pays? Who Should Pay? by Johnstone and Marcucci

 

Finals should be e-mailed to me by Tuesday May 21, 2013 at 6:00 PM PST