@EdWorkingPaper{ai23-703,
title = "“All Students Matter:” The Place of Race in Discourse on Student Debt in a Federal Higher Education Policymaking Process",
author = "Eric R. Felix, Denisa Gandara, Sosanya Jones",
institution = "Annenberg Institute at Brown University",
number = "703",
year = "2023",
month = "January",
URL = "http://www.edworkingpapers.com/ai23-703",
abstract = {We used Critical Discourse Analysis to examine the racial discourse within recent attempts to reauthorize the Higher Education Act. Specifically, we interrogated congressional markup hearings to understand how members frame student debt and the racialized dynamics embedded within. Our findings highlight three types of discourse: “All Students” Matter, Paternalistic, Race-Evasive, and Explicit Racial Discourse. We offer recommendations for research and policymaking.},
}