Chat: How the Minnesota Office of Higher Education sees student debt here
I was out in the field most of yesterday, so didn't get a chance to post this little chat that Tricia Grimes had with MPR's Marianne Combs on The Daily Circuit.
According to Grimes, the pattern of student debt in Minnesota -- students here borrow more than those in other states but default less frequently -- continues. The unemployment rate here is lower than in other parts of the country, and Grimes theorized that students might be more confident that they'll get a job that pays enough to pay it off.
She did give a plug to a University of Minnesota financial literacy campaign: Live Like a Student (So You Don't Have to Later).
You can read a summary of the chat here.
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