
Historically, higher education was largely free due to philanthropic efforts and huge grants distributed to the states. That began to change in the Nineteen Seventies as the federal guarantee system was eroded, enrollment rates soared, and rising tuition costs pressured potential students to hunt private loans to pay for school. Wall Street stepped in to fill that void, and at present, tens of hundreds of thousands of scholars and graduates owe a mixed $1.6 trillion in pupil mortgage debt. Title IX was an excellent achievement for civil rights, women’s rights, and equality in education.
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