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Debt Dialogues: Student Debt in the American University

  • Evanston Public Library 1703 Orrington Avenue Evanston, IL, 60201 United States (map)

How did student debt become so central to the modern university? How might accruing financial debt be affecting students' experience of learning? What other kinds of debt might students leave college with? Join a discussion with Morton Schapiro, President of Northwestern University, and expert on financing college education, and Bruce Carruthers, Director of the Buffett Institute, and expert the history of credit and debt. There will be a moderated discussion led by Franke Graduate Fellow Casey Caldwell, followed by an audience Q&A.