Channels 5, 7, 2 Report on Student Debt

Gianna Marrs, interim director of the Office of Student Financial Aid at UMaine, and Connie Smith, associate director of the Office of Student Financial Aid, were interviewed Monday by Channels 5 (WABI), 2 (WLBZ) and 7 (WVII) about the burden of debt Maine’s college graduates are facing as the interest rate on government-backed student loans is poised to double this summer. New Hampshire and Maine currently lead the nation in high student debt.

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