Having former students come back and talk about how their large student loans are affecting their lives might be a great way to help high school students understand the impact
of student loan decisions.
Discussing these issues with parents would also be helpful, since the LendEDU study showed that most students make
their student loan decisions in collaboration with their parents.
It's critical that we figure out how to make current students understand the impact of
their student loan decisions on the rest of their lives even while we try to reform the system for future students.