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It’s time to return the U.S. to a system of debt-free college. Today, most students borrow to pay for college, and average debt has ballooned. Both students of color and low-income students are much more likely to take on debt, betraying our nation’s promise of equal opportunity and upward mobility. This shift to a debt-based system is both recent and radical, but we can return to debt-free college by reforming financial aid and encouraging states to re-invest in their colleges.

Submitted by Mark Huelsman, Senior Policy Analyst at Demos in Education Dec. 10, 2014, 1:11 a.m.
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Citation: http://www.demos.org/publication/affordable-college-compact

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