Drawing on the assigned readings— “ We Bail out Banks, But Not Desperate Students” by Jesse Jackson ( http://www.suntimes.com/news/jackson/8389726-452/we-bail-out-banks-but-not-desperate-students.html ), “Forgive Student Loans?” by Richard Vedder ( http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/279716/forgive-student-loans-richard-vedder ), and “Higher Education’s Coming Crisis” by Robert Zaller ( http://thetriangle.org/op-ed/higher-educations-coming-crisis/ ) —write an essay that presents your informed stance or opinion—your position—on the issue of “ student loan crisis .” Do you think the government should do more to relieve the student-loan burden? Or do you object to government involvement in this matter and believe it should be the responsibility of students and their families? Qualify your position by collecting information from sources, considering opinions of others, and relying on your personal experiences and observations. .

1. Drawing on the assigned readings—
“
We Bail out Banks, But Not Desperate Students”
by
Jesse Jackson
(
http://www.suntimes.com/news/jackson/8389726-452/we-bail-
out-banks-but-not-desperate-students.html
),
“Forgive Student Loans?”
by
Richard Vedder (
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/279716/forgive-student-
loans-richard-vedder
),
and
“Higher Education’s Coming Crisis”
by
Robert Zaller
(
http://thetriangle.org/op-ed/higher-educations-coming-crisis/
)
—write an essay that presents your informed stance or
opinion—your position—on the issue of “
student loan crisis
.”
Do you think the government should do more to relieve the
student-loan burden? Or do you object to government
involvement in this matter and believe it should be the
responsibility of students and their families?
Qualify your position by collecting information from sources,

2. considering opinions of others, and relying on your personal
experiences and observations.