Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
We’re doing it as a service to our students.
— Dean Benjamin Barros of Stetson University College of Law, in comments given to Reuters, concerning the law school’s new summer start program, which will allow new students to use the existing student loan system throughout their studies. According to the Department of Education, those who take out federal loans prior to July will be grandfathered into the system that’s set to be done away with. Thereafter, the new student loan program for professional degrees will be capped at $50,000 a year and $200,000 in total, which could push students into taking out private loans.
Staci Zaretsky is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky, X/Twitter, and Threads, or connect with her on LinkedIn.
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Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
We’re doing it as a service to our students.
— Dean Benjamin Barros of Stetson University College of Law, in comments given to Reuters, concerning the law school’s new summer start program, which will allow new students to use the existing student loan system throughout their studies. According to the Department of Education, those who take out federal loans prior to July will be grandfathered into the system that’s set to be done away with. Thereafter, the new student loan program for professional degrees will be capped at $50,000 a year and $200,000 in total, which could push students into taking out private loans.
Staci Zaretsky is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky, X/Twitter, and Threads, or connect with her on LinkedIn.
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