A college degree is supposed to pave the way to a better life. It didn't work out that way for Judith Tuck.
Tuck graduated from the University of Arizona in 1996 with a master's degree in rehabilitation counseling and $44,000 in student loans. She had every intention of keeping up with her loan payments, but after a series of low-wage jobs in her field, her debt began to snowball. Tuck, a 73-year-old widow, now owes more than $136,000. Her wages have been garnished and she faces losing everything, including her home.
"The only good thing about student loans is that the day I die my children will not have to pay for them," she says.
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