Education debt handbook

As part of its project to address the negative impact educational debt has on new membership, NRVC has produced a booklet with general guidance for religious communities. The 23-page booklet, A Handbook on Educational Debt and Vocations to Religious Life, includes chapters on:

• Impact of college debt on vocations, citing the 2013 NRVC-CARA study of the topic
• For leaders: principles for working with inquirers
• For vocation ministers: working with discerners
• Practical and legal considerations
• Developing congregational policies regarding education debt
• Information on federal student loan forgiveness programs

The handbook can be downloaded here.  This handbook has been made available thanks to the generosity of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.