Blogger and intern Matt Taylor on tuition

Matt Taylor, a blogger at Progressive Book Club and a New Yorker attending the University of Michigan, described the choices that his classmates make because of the loan debts they're accruing. Some take jobs on- and off-campus, working late hours, which has some impact on the time they can devote to their studies. Though provisions made by Matt's late grandmother will help him to graduate without debt, he likely would be facing the same fate as his classmates without that help. Like most middle-class families, his parents earn too much to qualify for federal financial aid but may not have been enough to fund the out-of-state tuition at the university he chose.