Policy Chats Steven Brint: Biden's Student Loan Cancellation Plan: Too Good to Be True?
In this episode, Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Sociology Steven Brint talks with a student from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about Student Loan Forgiveness.
About Steven Brint:
Steven Brint is a Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Sociology at the University of California, Riverside. His research focuses on a wide variety of political and social topics, but he has a special interest in the policy analysis of higher education.
Learn more about Steven Brint via https://spp.ucr.edu/faculty-spotlight-steven-brint
Podcast Highlights:
“The problem with college costs is extremely complex...they are the root, and this policy does not address it.”
- Steven Brint on the idea that college costs are the core issue.
“Part social welfare program, partly a middle-class benefit, and partly a kind of pork barrel that is intended to make the (Democratic) party look good to constituency groups they depend on.”
- Steven Brint on the topic of the politics behind the policy.
Guest:
Steven Brint (Professor of Public Policy and Sociology)
Interviewer:
Kevin Karami (UCR Public Policy Major, Dean’s Chief Ambassador)
Music by:
C Codaine
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Xylo-Ziko/Minimal_1625
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Xylo-Ziko/Phase
Commercial Links:
https://spp.ucr.edu/ba-mpp
This is a production of the UCR School of Public Policy: https://spp.ucr.edu/
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