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Should universities be held financially accountable if graduates, with degrees leading to lower income jobs, default on their student loans?

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Yes

 @9GQM3S9from Saskatchewan agreed…6mos6MO

Students shouldn't have to spend there lives paying back a debt for jobs that the government is needing suppoorted.

 @9GVZYQMfrom Saskatchewan disagreed…6mos6MO

The idea of it is, you go to university to be able to get a well paying job. Once you graduate, and get that job, you should have no problem paying them back. It’s not the government’s fault if you went to university for a degree without actually looking into the types of jobs you’ll be able to obtain and its salaries just because you wanted to pick something you’re passionate about. Save that as a Hobby. If you went for an arts degree, there’s a good chance you’d have trouble paying it back, so be prepared for that. Research jobs/salaries you can get with…  Read more

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No

 @9GQM3S9from Saskatchewan disagreed…6mos6MO

university students should have student debt covered, most countries pay there students to go to school. People will stop going in this economy.

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No, and higher education should be free for everyone

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No, we should instead focus on decreasing the cost of education

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No, it is the student’s responsibility to manage their financial outcome

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Yes, but more liability for lower income degrees and minimal to no liability for high income degrees

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Yes, but only if they are for profit universities

 @9K6M454from Ontario answered…2mos2MO

Yes, this should be considered a threat of all odds to indepedence, there should be support services for this incase imo.

 @Prosperitarian from New York answered…3mos3MO

No, and higher education should be free to everyone who is below median net wealth

 @9HVPFK4from Ontario answered…4mos4MO

Yes, if they are for profit universities and make a liability proportional to the expected yearly income of the degree offered, and if courses offered are not relevant to high income jobs.

 @9HCP7QVfrom Alberta answered…5mos5MO

No. It is the student’s responsiblity to manage their financial outcome. Student loans should be harder to acquire and only applicable to certain programs.

 @9H34J25Libertarianfrom Alberta answered…5mos5MO

Stop the government from giving out student loans and universities will be forced to lower tuitions or have no students.

 @9FPKZXKCommunistfrom Ontario answered…7mos7MO

I only dependent if the students can or can't pay for it.

 @9FP3QX2from Ontario answered…7mos7MO

University should never be paid. Paid university is a system that only serves to keep the lower class in poverty.

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