Conference proceeding
An Examination of Student Loan Borrowers’ Attitudes Toward Debt Before and During COVID-19
Advances in Quantitative Ethnography - 4th International Conference, ICQE 2022, Proceedings, v 1785, pp 185-200
2023
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Abstract
Research has robustly documented the long-term life impacts of student loan debt on borrowers while in college and post-graduation. During the pandemic, repayment policies attempting to alleviate the debt burden were instituted to account for changes in income during government lockdowns. Since these reforms were implemented, what is needed is a more nuanced examination of the differences in post-graduation attitudes towards student loan debt in both pre-COVID and during the pandemic (after supportive government policy). This study utilizes Epistemic Network Analysis to identify and illustrate the connections in attitudes about debt between pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 conversations. The results from this study illustrate statistically significant changes in attitudes towards debt, with pre-COVID-19 group members discussing how their negative feelings towards their debt drive their life choices while members of the COVID-19 conversations focused on repayment and hopeful feelings. Thus, this work positions itself to contribute to our understanding of the potential impact of debt-relief policies.
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- Title
- An Examination of Student Loan Borrowers’ Attitudes Toward Debt Before and During COVID-19
- Creators
- Dara Bright (Corresponding Author) - Drexel UniversityAmanda Barany - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Advances in Quantitative Ethnography - 4th International Conference, ICQE 2022, Proceedings, v 1785, pp 185-200
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 16
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- MD (Doctor of Medicine) Program
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001603219900013
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85161430858
- Other Identifier
- 991022207054204721
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