With the costs of higher education increasing, the need to search for alternative ways to fund these expenses has also increased. While grants, scholarships, personal savings, and financial assistance from parents, may be effective for some, this is not the case for all students as some are inclined to use student loans to fund their higher…

This dissertation, which is highly relevant to education, examines Black educators' life experiences with student loan debt. It provides insight into the impact of student debt and how these experiences shape their interactions with Black students. Using their narratives, this study serves as a self-reflective journey, bringing the reader closer…

Funding children's college expenses can be a family project, often requiring substantial savings from parents and educational debt from children, but parents also borrow to support their children's postsecondary ambitions. Despite growing use of debt to finance children's college expenses, studies have overlooked parent borrowing's role in…