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The Student Loan Struggle

From: Colin Kelley
Length: 00:03:26

Debt from student loans is on the rise. How some former and current students are struggling with college debt. Read the full description.

Default-piece-image-0 In college, Danielle Hall carried a heavy load of books between classes and now, three years post graduation, she's still hefting a heavy burden from her school days... but now it's financial. She owes over $80,000 in education expenses. A look at how college expenses can cause problems years after graduation and how the only way out may to be the right choices... when you're 18.

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Piece Description

In college, Danielle Hall carried a heavy load of books between classes and now, three years post graduation, she's still hefting a heavy burden from her school days... but now it's financial. She owes over $80,000 in education expenses. A look at how college expenses can cause problems years after graduation and how the only way out may to be the right choices... when you're 18.

Broadcast History

Aired on WMPG's Big Talk in April 2006.