The Student Debt Crisis and Public Service Loan Forgiveness

This podcast discusses the student debt crisis,  which affects than forty-five million people in the United States who are saddled with debt in excess of $1.7 trillion, and perils and promise of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. The guests are Kaitlyn Vitez, Federal Government Relations Specialist, AAUP national office and Jessica Sponsler, art historian and adjunct professor and AAUP’s Pennsylvania state conference president. The podcast is hosted by Mariah Quinn, AAUP's digital organizer.

Episode links:

• AAUP Joins Coalition to Call for Student Debt Cancelation
• "The Miseducation of the Indebted Student," Academe, Jason Thomas Wozniak, Spring 2021
• US Department of Education Overhauls Public Service Loan Forgiveness
• "Fixing Public Service Loan Forgiveness", Academe, Kaitlyn Vitez, Winter 2022
• Jessica Sponsler's testimony to the Department of Education on PSLF
• Debt Collective Petition Calling for Student Debt Cancelation 

All of AAUP's podcast can be found on our website, here. Thanks for listening.