Sajay Samuel: How college loans exploit students for profit
Sajay Samuel: Como os empréstimos universitários exploram os estudantes para obter lucro
Professor Sajay Samuel's proposal to reduce the burden of student loans is part of his larger preoccupation with thinking beyond the conventional categories of economics and ecology. Full bio
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for their passage to the new economy.
à nova economia.
para pagar a universidade,
more than one trillion US dollars.
mais de um bilião de dólares.
that is secured on their person.
da qual eles são a garantia.
gets a second chance.
recebe uma segunda oportunidade.
their student loan debts.
as suas dívidas estudantis.
graduating with debt.
formar-se com dívidas.
graduated from Colorado State University
na Universidade Estatal do Colorado
ou quase gratuito
as a public good.
um benefício público.
from Colorado State University,
na Universidade Estatal do Colorado,
by working part-time.
trabalhando a tempo parcial.
was affordable, reasonable,
eram acessíveis, razoáveis,
you paid off by graduation date.
eram pagas até ao fim do curso.
precisam de fazer um empréstimo
has become unaffordable
tornou-se inacessível
se não para a maioria delas.
an expensive education
comprar uma educação cara
that you earned from it.
que ganhamos com ela.
meets the road.
earned 10 percent more in 2001
than a quarter of those who must
de um quarto dos que devem
empréstimos?
can be the best of times,
pode ser o melhor dos tempos,
in ways that you can't ignore.
de maneira que não podemos ignorar.
com diplomas
is a consumer product you can buy.
que podemos comprar.
just as the economists do now,
— tal como os economistas hoje em dia —
to improve the human stock
para melhorar o capital humano,
to sort and classify people
para ordenar e classificar pessoas
can hire them more easily.
possam contratá-las mais facilmente.
ranks colleges
classifica as universidades
rates washing machines.
avaliam as máquinas de lavar.
"prestadores de serviço",
and soccer and science,
futebol e ciência,
of the student loan industry.
da indústria de empréstimos universitários.
of 1.2 billion dollars.
de 1200 milhões de dólares, no ano passado.
and packaged and sliced and diced,
empacotados, fatiados, divididos,
empréstimos securitizados
com os juros da dívida.
in the higher education business
alguns no negócio do ensino superior
that they pretend to educate?
que eles pretendem educar?
são tratados como consumidores,
of addiction and envy."
da dependência e da inveja."
upgraded versions of an iPhone,
novas versões de iPhone aos consumidores,
more and more education.
cada vez mais educação.
on certifications and recertifications,
com certificados e recertificados,
as a status object.
como símbolo de estatuto.
of a Louis Vuitton bag,
ou uma mala Louis Vuitton,
of envy of others.
hidden by a very noisy sales pitch.
de venda muito ruidoso.
on television telling us,
to a middle-class life."
is the college premium:
é o prémio aos universitários:
56 percent more than a high school grad.
56% mais do que as pessoas sem diploma.
que ouvimos sobre licenciados
working as baristas and cashiers.
e caixas de supermercado.
in any form of post-secondary education,
num curso superior,
including financial.
incluindo as financeiras.
than high school grads,
do que os que só têm o secundário,
exorbitante das propinas
enquanto estão na universidade?
for only those who complete it.
para as pessoas que a concluem.
have been cut to the bone,
têm vindo a ser muito reduzidos,
com diploma de ensino médio
of what they have produced.
a bad investment for many.
um mau investimento para muitos.
are not going to find an adequate job.
que se matriculam,
doesn't look particularly promising --
não parece muito promissor
das dívidas estudantis.
about this college premium thing.
de prémio do ensino superior.
higher education as a consumer product?
tratassem a educação superior
outro produto de consumo,
pelo que estamos a pagar.
what you're paying for.
de ensino superior,
miles per gallon to expect.
to the expected income.
superior ao rendimento esperado.
Propina Baseada no Rendimento.
Propina Baseada no Rendimento.
quanto dinheiro vai receber
from a given college and major.
e curso superior.
to the huckster's ploy,
pagaria mais por uma faculdade
of the additional income they earn?
adicionais que recebe?
to Income-Based Tuition.
da Propina Baseada no Rendimento.
to manage costs better,
teriam que gerir melhor os custos,
para o fazer.
the same tuition for every major.
a mesma mensalidade por qualquer curso.
and should change.
e precisa de mudar.
utiliza mais recursos,
e espaço da faculdade,
as a consequence,
consequentemente,
goes on and earns more money.
buy the same product,
devem comprar o mesmo produto,
half or a third of the service.
metade ou um terço do serviço?
servicing their student debt,
a pagar os juros das dívidas estudantis,
when majors are priced more correctly.
se o preço dos cursos fosse mais correto.
públicas de contabilidade
of Income-Based Tuition,
da Propina Baseada no Rendimento,
and the fact of financial ruin
do medo e da ruína financeira
possam redescobrir
amor por aprender
e a gostar daquilo que estudam,
that they really want to.
que realmente desejam.
e trabalharam comigo,
students in America.
endividados nos EUA.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sajay Samuel - EducatorProfessor Sajay Samuel's proposal to reduce the burden of student loans is part of his larger preoccupation with thinking beyond the conventional categories of economics and ecology.
Why you should listen
Sajay Samuel is an award winning professor of accounting at the Smeal College of Business at Penn State University. He has organized seminars and lectured widely in Europe and elsewhere on a range of topics, including science and technology, the political economy of professions and decision theory.
Samuel received his Masters in Accounting and Ph.D in Business Administration from Penn State University in 1990 and 1995 respectively. Since then he has taught management accounting and related subjects to undergraduates, graduates, MBAs and Executives over assignments that included stints at Bucknell University and the University of Connecticut. He returned to Penn State in 2003 and now teaches a capstone course to all undergraduate business majors titled, "Business and Industry Analysis."
Samuel was awarded the 2006 Lester J. Shonto Faculty Award for Excellence in Accounting Education. Dr. Samuel's research has been published in such scholarly journals as Accounting, Organizations and Society, Administration Science Quarterly and Symbolic Interaction. His most recent work on accounting, technology and on the history of ideas, has appeared in three articles in the Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Ethics (2005). His current research aims at clarifying the political implications of accounting practice. His studies in this area concern the political significance of administrative agencies and professional associations in liberal democratic polities. He has presented the early fruits of this work in France, Italy, Germany and England.
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