Opinion: Paying for college is difficult, but UWM is trying to do something about it Mark A. Mone
Alyssa Huglen’s May 17 story in the Journal Sentinel highlights a problem that has long concerned us at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Students with limited financial resources take longer to graduate and are less likely to graduate than their peers, and many struggle with debt from college loans. But what the story did not address are the extensive efforts UWM is making to help students from low-income families.
In the past decade, we’ve worked hard with our community partners on this issue. One significant difference-maker has been our M3 partnership with Milwaukee Public Schools and Milwaukee Area Technical College, which was honored during the Milwaukee Urban League Equal Opportunity Day Luncheon in 2019 for educational leadership. The M3 Parent Institute has helped hundreds of parents better support their children’s preparation for college financial
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Drop out or drown in debt? Many Black students in Wisconsin face stark choices in paying for college
Cutting or eliminating student loan debt would ‘change everything,’ says one Black University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee alum struggling with a six-figure debt
May 15, 2021 12:01 AM Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
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Clint Myrick is seen at his home in Milwaukee on May 10, 2021. Myrick graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2010 with a student loan debt that has since ballooned to over $150,000. Myrick said he understands why so many students take out loans without necessarily knowing how to pay them back. “They sell you on the dream. ‘Just take out the loans, and you’ll get a job where you’ll be able to pay that stuff back!’ You really believe it,” Myrick says. (Coburn Dukehart/Wisconsin Watch)