A dream defaulted : the student loan crisis among black borrowers / Jason N. Houle, Fenaba R. Addo ; foreword by Ayanna Pressley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Houle, Jason N., 1983- author.

Addo, Fenaba R., author.

Contributor:

Pressley, Ayanna, writer of foreword.

ProQuest ebook central

Tom Monahan Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Student loans--United States.

Student loans.

African American college students--Economic conditions.

African American college students.

African American college students--Finance, Personal.

Discrimination in higher education--Economic aspects.

Discrimination in higher education.

Discrimination in higher education--United States.

Debt--United States.

Debt.

Discrimination in financial services--United States.

Discrimination in financial services.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 193 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard Education Press, [2022]

Contents:

Foreword / Ayanna Pressley

Introduction: missing race in the student debt debate

The racialization of student debt

Off to college, into the red

Progressing through college: no room for error

Life after college: "it just seems like you're going to pay forever"

The hidden costs of debt repayment

Student debt and the reproduction of the (fragile) Black middle class

Upstream and downstream solutions

Afterword: the COVID-19 pandemic.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-179) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Tom Monahan Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781682537589 (electronic bk.)

1682537587 (electronic bk.)

Publisher Number:

99994065488

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.