It was an otherwise unremarkable day in mid-February when nascent computer scientist Evan Maynard received some tremendous news. In a meeting with his boss, Maynard, who will graduate from St. Mary’s University this spring, learned that the company where he had been working part-time for nearly a year wanted to help him pay off his student loan—if he had no objections, of course. “It’s an understatement to say that I was overjoyed,” recalls Maynard, a bright and ebullient 23-year-old. “I think I high-fived [my boss].”

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