Sept. 27, 2018
Clare McCann was quoted inInside Higher Ed about the reality of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
The low number of approvals was unsurprising given the many hurdles borrowers must clear to have their debt cleared, said Clare McCann, the deputy director for federal higher education policy at New America. But the high number of applications that didn’t meet program requirements was striking, she said.
“There clearly are a lot of people who think they meet the requirements right away,” McCann said. “There’s a disconnect between the reality of how the program is structured and how rigid it is and how people are perceiving those requirements.”