Feds shouldn't bail on students.

• Author: Hyer, Marlene
• Position: Letters to the Editor

I am sure this letter is just one of dozens that you will receive in response to Adolph L. Reed Jr.'s column, "Free College for All" (April issue).

Growing up in a low income, blue collar family, I was the first in my family to attend college, working two jobs to put myself through graduate school. I was forced to borrow a significant amount of money from the pre-approved government loan program.

After having been out of college for seven years, I haven't even begun to make a dent in my principal loan balance. I have had to request hardship deferments four times because of my low income. I have continually worked a second job to supplement a...