Keeping the faith in higher education despite rising costs, debt

July 22, 2019

TMCF President & CEO Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. participated in a Wells Fargo Panel Discussion held in conjunction with the Wells Fargo Get College Ready program. Over 20 invited members of the media (WSJ, Boston Globe, Politico, Money, Forbes, Black Enterprise, etc.) attended the event with which also included John Rasmussen, Wells Fargo President of Personal Lending & Head of Education Financial Services, and Eugenio Alemán, Wells Fargo Senior Economist. Each offered commentary on the changing landscape within the student loan marketplace and the challenges to stakeholder communities associated with the rising cost of higher education.

You may read a high level overview of the event from Wells Fargo, or listen to an audio recording of the panel discussion below:

Further coverage is available from Black Press USA

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