Student: I’ve got an avalanche of college debt. Loan forgiveness isn’t the total solution. | Opinion Posted May 10, 2021 KerriAnn Mattaliano, a student at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, says she and many others will still be digging out for another 20 years without the help of loan forgiveness. Can loan forgiveness stop the avalanche from happening again? Probably not, she says. Facebook Share By KerriAnn Mattaliano Looking at today’s headlines about the $1.7 trillion student loan crisis, I cannot help noting I am part of that shocking statistic. It seems like yesterday I was choosing where to go to college and thinking, “I only need a $1,000 loan to cover the difference from my grant package.”