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Accreditation: Removing the Barrier to Higher Education Reform. Backgrounder. No. 2728. Executive Summary
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Burke, Lindsey M.; Butler, Stuart M. – Heritage Foundation, 2012
America's higher education system is in dire need of reform. The average college student leaves school with more than $23,000 in debt, and total student loan debt in the United States now exceeds $1 trillion. Furthermore, too many students are leaving college without the skills needed to be successful in the workforce. And yet, despite the dire…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Practices, Student Loan Programs, Federal Aid