COMMENTARY

 

An Op-Ed by Professor Karen Gross
Originally Published in The Chronicle Review, December 3, 2004

 

By Karen Gross

 

More than 40 percent of college graduates now leave their campuses owing over $20,000 in student loans. Among those earning doctoral degrees, more than 60 percent finish their education with over $30,000 in student-loan debt. For medical- and law-school graduates, the figures are higher still.

 

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Karen Gross is a professor of law at New York Law School and past president of the Coalition for Debtor Education.