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Patty Murray: “Colleges that load students with debt that they can't repay, or fail to prepare students to be successful in paying down…”

On the recordJanuary 29, 2018
Colleges that load students with debt that they can't repay, or fail to prepare students to be successful in paying down their debt, should not be able to benefit from taxpayer dollars.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Arguing against colleges profiting from students' unmanageable debt.

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