Veterinary student debt is an increasingly critical issue that can be alleviated by employing a number of different approaches, from a streamlined curricula to increasing scholarship opportunities, higher starting salaries, lobbying federal lawmakers for legislation to lower interest rates on student loans and creating a national plan for reducing the debt-to-income ratio (DIR). These were among the recommendations offered by a group of committed participants in the “FIX THE DEBT … Our Future, Our Responsibility” summit as the profession works to find ways to reduce the burden on students and veterinarians alike. Read more at Feedstuffs…
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