Newsweek Discovers Degrees Aren't 'Professional' When Student Debt Hits
Newsweek explores which degrees are deemed 'professional' for student loan purposes, conveniently sidestepping the fact that a 'professional degree' magically appears when schools are raking in tuition dollars, only to evaporate for relief. Colleges happily classify everything from Basket Weaving to Existential Psychology as worthy of federal loans. But when those loans become a crippling burden,
suddenly the Department of Education tightens its definitions, shifting the goalposts and leaving graduates drowning. It appears that degrees are 'professional' enough to justify skyrocketing tuition fees and predatory interest rates, but not quite 'professional' enough to warrant easing the financial chains binding generations. How many 'professional' careers does it take before we realize the
system isn't designed to educate, but to indebt?