吃瓜猎奇

On Jan. 31, 2020, approximately 100 attendees — including legislators, policymakers, and higher education leaders — gathered for a luncheon with Dr. Sandy Baum, the nation鈥檚 foremost expert on student debt and tuition. The luncheon was hosted by 吃瓜猎奇 Chancellor Tony Frank in partnership with President Mark Kennedy of the CU System and President Joe Garcia at the Colorado Community College System.

A frequent speaker at major national conferences, Dr. Baum is also regularly sought out by various media outlets, including Fortune, The Washington Post, and Inside Higher Ed, for her insights and non-partisan, data-based perspective. She is the principle researcher on the Urban Institute鈥檚 website on college affordability, and her recent work includes Urban Institute briefs on Federal Work Study, Parent PLUS loans, and college endowments. She is the author of 鈥淪tudent Debt: Rhetoric and Realities of Higher Education Financing鈥� (Palgrave Macmillan 2016) and co-author of 鈥淢aking College Work: Pathways to Success for Disadvantaged Students鈥� (Brookings Institution Press 2017).

At the luncheon, Dr. Baum shared her research and answered questions that can help inform Colorado鈥檚 statewide discussions on important topics like education funding, student debt, and on the importance of helping students complete their program and benefit from the outcomes.

鈥淓ducation is not affordable if it doesn鈥檛 help students achieve their goals,鈥� Dr. Baum stated. 聽鈥淎ffordability depends not just on the price and the resources in your pocket at the time you enroll in college, but it depends on the resources available to you before, during, and after college.鈥�

Learn more about 吃瓜猎奇 Global commitment to affordability聽here聽and learn more about the importance of return on investment in a college education here.