At Chegg, we understand the value of education. In fact, we emphasize its importance. However, what is equally important as education is its ability to be affordable and easily accessible. Unfortunately, education’s affordability and accessibility doesn’t ring true for many American college students, leading us to the staggering student debt crisis of over $1.5 trillion. And, this crisis is undoubtedly affecting our middle class more and more every day. These people riddled with debt cannot make the same economic contributions than the students of yesteryear. With an average student debt of $37k per graduate, many student leave school in a financial hole that they can’t seem to quite dig themselves out of.
In a compelling keynote at the ASU GSV conference, our CEO Dan Rosensweig weighs in on this very real issue and how we, as industry leaders, can brighten the future of our students and, subsequently, our own.