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From Radio - Columbia College Chicago | 28:30
Is college really worth it? Student producers delve into this issue in a half-hour program about the student debt crisis. Radio Documentary students at Columbia College Chicago collaborated on a semester-long project to study one of the biggest financial problems of their generation - student loan debt. This program allows the voices of students to be heard and looks closely at the problem, how it's influencing recent and soon-to-be graduates, and the possible solutions.
In segment one, (billboard) students wonder aloud about the growing problem of student debt and ask the question: is college worth it?
In segment two, students identify the problem through the eyes of college financial counselors and tell the emotional story of one student who has accumulated more than $200,000 in school loan debt.
In segment three, students explore the extraordinary ways students are attempting to pay for college, including borrowing money from friends, Tweeting for cash, and taking their clothes off at a strip club to pay off school loans.
In segment four, students talk to high school students who are just beginning the process of college borrowing and try to consider what might be the solutions to the growing student debt crisis.
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