The most useful lessons learned in college often occur outside of the classroom. Finding an apartment, doing laundry, managing a schedule – all of these things, and dozens more, are valuable experiences to be gained on campus which many students haven’t had on arrival.
Dealing with debt is another.
In a Kansas City Star article Sunday about the first year of student-athletes’ new cost-of-attendance stipend, former Missouri defensive back Ian Simon was one player who expressed his dismay due to one incident he had that resulted because of it. Simon, a three-year starter for the Tigers, said he had a portion of his COA check held back to satisfy an outstanding debt incurred at the student bookstore.