Education is the key to preparing young people to achieve their dreams and contribute to society. However, student debt now stands at about $1.3 trillion with the average family owing over $48,000, making it increasingly difficult for middle and low-income families to invest in their futures. Scott DeRue, dean of the business school, examines how revamping a flawed student loan system, the smart use of online technologies, and other innovations could recast the way we fund and invest in higher ed. “Just as we need leaders committed to taking on and solving the world’s toughest problems,” DeRue writes, “we need policy makers and business leaders to come together at the same table to help universities, families and students pay for this education in much smarter ways than we are doing today.”
