For Morgan R. Pratt, a Master of Public Policy candidate at the Kennedy School, a daunting obstacle stands between them and their dream of pursuing a career in climate activism following graduation â student loan debt.
âI have a lot of student loan debt and a really high propensity to do something in the public service industry,â Pratt said. âRight now, I have this huge incentive to just follow in the footsteps of my classmates and get a consulting gig â which would help eliminate my student loan debt, but put me into this workspace that creates all these perverse incentives.â
âEssentially, Iâd be exacerbating the problems I really want to solve. Or I can just toil away and put myself in a bad place financially,â they added.
The US Capitol in Washington, DC, and state capitols across the country were under tight security as President-elect Joe Biden was inaugurated on Wednesday.