Word: ksg
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Facing this trend at a school devoted to promoting work in the public sector, KSG officials announced last week that they will offer a powerful financial incentive to graduates pursuing government work...
...KSG Executive Dean Sheila P. Burke announced Wednesday to 30 finalists for the Presidential Management Internship (PMI) that any student accepting a PMI will have the first $10,000 of their student loan debt forgiven...
...KSG tuition tops $20,000 per year, and that cost added to room, board and living expenses can mean tens of thousands of dollars of debt for some graduates...
...loan-forgiveness program is aimed at easing the burden on those indebted students thinking of accepting PMI positions, where pay is usually near $30,000 for the first year. Burke said in a press release that the KSG realizes that "jobs in the public sector do not pay as well and education debt weighs heavily on the minds of our students...
...KSG Dean Joseph S. Nye Jr. worked for the State Department and the National Security Council in the 1970s, and Burke ran Bob Dole's 1996 presidential campaign. Several PMI finalists cited the backgrounds of these KSG leaders as a possible impetus for the program...