PA Educator Calls U.S. Student Loan Burden An Affordability Crisis

Pennsylvanians are struggling to keep up with debt payments as changes to the federal student loan system take effect.  One in five borrowers, nearly nine million Americans, is in default.  Jessica Nowell, a middle school counselor, says since the SAVE plan is no longer available, her $90 monthly payment has quadrupled…

“I work in Title I, and when I came back online after they litigated for two years and didn’t allow us to pay, now my payments are $440 a month, four times what I was paying.”