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EPISODE · Mar 3, 2025 · 20 MIN

Higher Education is Failing. Can We Fix It Before It’s Too Late?

from Solving America's Problems

Tuition is skyrocketing. Student debt is crushing a generation. Is college still the best path to success—or is it time for a radical reinvention? Anya Kamenetz, award-winning journalist and author of Generation Debt and The Stolen Year, exposes the failures of higher education, how COVID-19 accelerated its downfall, and the systemic flaws fueling a $1.6 trillion crisis. Can universities adapt, or is an entirely new model of learning the only way forward? This episode reveals the game-changing innovations shaping the future of education.Connect with Anya Kamenetz at https://thegoldenhour.substack.com/ and her web site: anyakamenetz.netTimestamps:[00:00:00] Why College is Failing—And What Comes Next[00:00:35] The Myth of Higher Education’s Value[00:00:56] Anya Kamenetz on the College Crisis[00:02:11] How COVID-19 Exposed the Cracks in Higher Ed[00:04:38] A $1.6 Trillion Problem: The Student Debt Disaster[00:11:08] Breaking the System: Can Higher Ed Be Reformed?[00:12:30] The Student Loan Trap—How We Got Here[00:20:16] The Future of Learning: Radical New Models Emerging

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