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Should universities be held financially accountable if graduates, with degrees leading to lower income jobs, default on their student loans?

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Response rates from 18.6k UK voters.

33%
Yes
67%
No
30%
Yes
52%
No
2%
Yes, but only if they are for profit universities
7%
No, we should instead focus on decreasing the cost of education
1%
Yes, make the liability proportional to the expected yearly income of the degree offered
5%
No, and higher education should be free for everyone
3%
No, it is the student’s responsibility to manage their financial outcome

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 @9PMGC6Fanswered…2yrs2Y

University isn’t for everyone. More apprenticeships/alternatives to University Education are required

 @BF22TLRanswered…5 days5D

You can't default on student loans in the UK, this website is too American.

 @BDZW93Kanswered…5 days5D

Yes, and higher education should be free for all

 @B9C5ZHQanswered…5mos5MO

Both: No, we should instead focus on decreasing the cost of education and No, it is the student’s responsibility to manage their financial outcome. we need to balance agency with a society that has focused on sending everyone to university and then ratcheted up cost

 @B77ZM25answered…9mos9MO

No, the SLC take the risk and reward on the loan. They should be held accountable in the instance of default

 @B776M23answered…9mos9MO

No, but regulate the advertising of job rates for post graduates. Require the universities to disclose the proportion of post-graduates in jobs that could only have been achieved with the degree.

 @9HN6HRWanswered…3yrs3Y

No, and higher education should be free for every citizen

 @B8WD2VKanswered…6mos6MO

No, but fewer student loans should be offered- proportionally with how many people are expected to pay back their loan

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