EdNext Podcast: Can Biden Forgive Student Loan Debt?

Pressure mounts for executive action ranging from a “universal student loan jubilee” to wiping away $5,000 in debt for each borrower

Photo of Beth AkersA senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, Beth Akers, joins Education Next Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss the prospects of student loan forgiveness in a Biden presidential administration.

Akers was part of a forum with Sandy Baum, “The Fallacy of Forgiveness.” Her portion of the forum was “Tailor Debt Relief to Those Who Need It Most.”

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