Five Big Higher Ed Investments for Less than the Cost of Debt Cancellation

Proposals to cancel student debt dominate the headlines, but with limited resources and a limited universe of beneficiaries, loan forgiveness isn’t a silver bullet for helping students and borrowers who need financial relief the most. We did the math on five other critical investments that would make targeted, long-term improvements to how our higher education system serves current and future students—all for a lower combined price tag than debt cancellation alone. This infographic shows how policymakers could make these five forward-looking investments twice over before reaching the cost of even the most modest debt cancellation proposal on the table.