Higher Education Cost Crisis / New York: A People's History

Segment 1 :Guest: Sandy Baum, higher education expert, nonresident senior fellow, Center on Education Data and Policy, Urban Institute.Student loan debt in the U.S. has burgeoned to 1.7 trillion dollars. And over the past two years, many borrowers have paused on paying these loans because the government paused on payment deadlines due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Last month, Biden’s administration vowed to cancel $10,000 of student loan debt for the average borrower and up to $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients. We highlight what this move achieves (and doesn’t) and what solutions are needed to solve this problem long-term.https://studentaid.gov/debt-relief/application Segment 2:Guest: Sam Roberts, journalist, The New York Times, author, The New Yorkers: 31 Remarkable People, 400 Years and the Untold Biography of the World’s Greatest City.New York is America’s largest metropolis with a population of more than eight million people. Longtime resident and New York Times journalist, Sam Roberts joins us this week to highlight the stories behind some of the remarkable people who made the Big Apple the innovative and bustling city it is today. https://tinyurl.com/8bns2a6k