Mandy Hughes will graduate debt-free from Arkansas Tech University by utilizing innovative scholarship programs.
ARKANSAS, USA — Arkansas Tech University senior Mandy Hughes grew up knowing the burden of her mother’s student debt, so she made sure that when she graduates next month, she won’t have any.
She and thousands of other young Arkansans have seized on new and innovative programs that help them navigate college without piling up debt.
“I was raised by a single mom who went to school to go into the medical field, and she is still paying off her student debt,” Hughes said in a telephone…