A legislative working group created to explore student debt relief in Connecticut took an unexpected turn last week when one of its co-chairs, Rep. Eleni Kavros DeGraw (D-Avon), suggested that residents without college degrees are a drag on society.
The Meeting
The Relief for Connecticut Borrowers Working Group, co-chaired by Kavros DeGraw and Rep. Corey Paris (D-Stamford), convened August 29 to bring together lawmakers, higher-education officials, and advocates. Its stated purpose: to develop policy recommendations to help student loan borrowers.
But midway through the meeting, Rep. Kavros DeGraw shifted from policy discussion to a forceful defense of higher education as the only reliable path to success.
“The most…