Snapshot · The Daily
Under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, borrowers who work for a nonprofit or government for 10 years have their remaining loan balance cancelled entirely.
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As the 2000s progressed, the demographics of student borrowing shifted significantly. More middle-income and working-class families were using the federal parent loan program, not just the affluent households the system had originally been calibrated for. Then 2008 arrived, and the Great Recession tore through the economy. Borrowers who had seemed like safe risks suddenly couldn't make payments. Archival news audio captures the mood: student loan debt surpassed credit card debt for the first time, and families were drowning. The narrative tension built by Lieber is clear — the system had quietly expanded far beyond its original assumptions, and the financial crisis forced a reckoning that the government still hasn't resolved.
When master's programs proliferated, schools encouraged students to rely on Public Service Loan Forgiveness — a program canceling debt after 10 years of nonprofit or government work. But many borrowers misunderstood the rules, picked the wrong jobs, or got bad advice and ended up stuck with massive payments.
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