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Student Loans: The Fund-Eating Dragon (2022)

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The Fund Eating Dragon

President Lyndon Johnson became obsessed with higher education in 1957. He made it a central part of his agenda throughout his political career. In 1963, when he inherited the presidency after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, he finally had a chance to make his education agenda happen.

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