Putting Band-Aids on student debt problems
Education | Student debt freeze helped some, but cancellation isn’t a long-term solution
by Esther Eaton
Posted 1/13/21, 03:28 pm
Olivia Cooper graduated from Union University in Tennessee in May 2020 with a biology degree and about $45,000 in student debt. As the first in her family to attend college, Cooper didn’t know about cost-saving options like starting at a community college. By graduation, her loans had already accrued about $3,000 in interest. “I don’t know that I had a great concept of money or felt like I had other options,” Cooper said. “I felt kind of stuck.”