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Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice

Session: Empowering Professionals: Addressing Student Debt and Advancing Ecological Justice in Schools"

The Cost of Social Work Education: An Analysis of the Student Debt Crisis

Sunday, October 27, 2024
10:15 AM – 10:45 AM CT
Location: KC Convention Center, Room 2209
This session will review the state of the student debt crisis generally, with a particular focus on the student debt crisis as a civil rights crisis. In addition, the presenters will discuss the implications of the crisis on social work students and offer ideas on how to support these students.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Participants will leave with an understanding of the student debt crisis as a civil rights crisis, including with indigenous communities.
  2. Participants will learn the current state of play related to federal student debt policy
  3. Participants will take away concrete ideas on how to support students and communities with significant debt burdens