Melinda Allen could easily have fallen through the cracks at any college or university. She took time off from school when her parents died, exhausted all of her federal grant aid, owed unpaid tuition and became a mother when she was two years shy of graduation.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
HBCUs are trying to spare graduates from crushing student loan debt. It’s not easy.
February 18, 2020 at 2:49 p.m. EST