UnidosUS and the University of North Carolina’s School of Law conducted a survey of Latino students who began but didn’t complete a college, with one of their findings being that those Latino students who grew up in economically vulnerable communities associate college debt as a financial burden that can impact their family’s financial security and stability.
Amanda Martinez, Senior Policy Analyst for the Education Policy team at Unidos, who worked on this report said ” A lot of respondents said I saw my cousin or I saw my sister try to go to college but then racked up debt and maybe didn’t complete their degree and then still had that debt, so I’m just afraid to enter into that same journey.”
