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Struggling students turn to loans for aid
(A!’) - Chiiil Goodwin works at Soars
during thi> day and tends bar sit night to
help pay his way at the University of Wis
consin-Milwaukee He's tired, and he's
broke most of the time
The 20-year-old sophomore Is one of a
growing number of college students caught
between tuition hikes and financial aid cuts
“Over the summer you make the money
and try to stay above water until Christ
mas," Goodwin said "Then you work over
Christmas, get your tan return Un k and try
to last through the spring "
Fodonil. state and institutional aid rose
li-ss than 8 |>urvenl Iasi year rind tin- maxi
mum amount available from the federal gov
ernment's principle grant program fell (rom
S2.400 to S2..HH1. according to figures re
leased last week by the College Board, an
association of 2.800 colleges and universi
ties
Tuition and other costs rose an average of
1(1 percent at public colleges and ? percent
at private sr bools Iasi year, the College
Board said
To make up the difference, students and
their families have been forced to turn to
loans In Goodwin's case, lhat means $2.MM)
in loans to cover tuition, books and foes lor
one year going to school lull time
Living expenses are up to him
"I have enough money to survive, but I
had to borrow Sf> (or gas from my roommate
Society expects us to
become professionals, and
to do that we have to go to
school. But actually to be a
student is very hard/
Giavanna Alvarez-Negretti,
Emerson College student
today, und I nndnd up SIB in thn holt: after
buying groceries." ho s.nd
Goodwin said students liko him develop a
routine; work, study, tlion work some
morn.
Glitvunnu Alvnrez-Nugralli transferred to
Boston's limorson College from thn Univer
sity of Puerto Rico, whom n single Poll
Grant covered lu;r tuition, room und board
But Emerson was much more; exjumsive
Thn 2t~yi<uf-old junior lives with relatives
and c ommulcs to school to cut ux|»enxes As
a day student, she pays $17,200 a year lo
live on campus would have cost $22,550
"I have $1,000 in work study and $4,000
in scholarships, hut the rest is all loans,"
Alvaruz-Negretti said.
Carrying so many loans is not uncommon.
In 15 years, loans have increased from mak
ing up 17 percent of financial aid to 50 per
cent, according to the U S Department of
Education.
"We're in danger of having education for
the wealthy, and the poor need not apply."
said Joe Langis, executive director of State
Student Association of Massachusetts,
which represents students in puhlic higher
education.
A sluggish economy hasn't helped, ha
said Students find fewer jobs uvailuhto
"Every cent counts," said Alvarez
Nogretli. relaxing after class Ixifore going to
her part-time job at a shoe stori^
"Society expects us to become profession
als, and to do that we have to go to school,"
she said. "Out actually to be a student is
very hard "
Her friend. 19-yeur-old Brett Nix, had
planned to pay his way at Emerson with a
small inheritance. But the money dried up
after one year Now Nix works two jobs to
pay for u single television production class
ut Emerson and two more classes at nearby
Bunker Hill Community College.
"I'm trying to go back to school full lime,
hut I’m trying to avoid loans," he said "Un
less I hit the lottery, I figure if I really push I
cun gel a degree in six years."
Some students consider financial debt
part of the education experience. Jean-Max
Hogarth and Clarence Zachcry Jr. took out
nearly S.tO.OOO in loans while undergradu
ates at Yale University.
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