What is the student debt crisis?

The main link will take you to a series of articles and videos on the College Student Debt Crisis from Consumer Reports, a long-trusted media organization concerned with making sure American consumers are not fooled by inferior products.
Read the articles on the student debt crisis, watch the videos, think about the questions raised and consider where you, as college students, stand on this issue.
Then, write a well-thought out response essay.
This is not a Rhetorical Analysis essay. I do NOT want you to analyze how the writers wrote the piece. This is also not a research paper. I do NOT want you to do outside research. I want you to use the texts provided.
Respond (respond means to react) to the work as a thoughtful reader and as the target audience. These writers are talking about you. For help in being a thoughtful reader.
Here are some questions that might help you get started on response What is the student debt crisis? Why does it matter to you? How did this play into your decision to come to a community college? Are you worried about any of the things the people in the articles are worried about? Where do you stand on the issue? Remember, a response means that you react: what do you think and feel after you read the article? Does the article make you want to do anything? Argue about anything? Connect with anything that was said? Note: this material was all published prior to COVID-19; how has the pandemic changed these issues for college students, now and in the coming years?

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