It’s a Cruel Summer for Student Loan Borrowers. Here’s How Business Leaders Can Make the Case for Better Benefits for Their Employees

July 10, 2025 – In a Fortune article about how employers can help workers with their student loan debt, Stacey MacPhetres, senior director of education finance for EdAssist by Bright Horizons, shares insight on the topic.

“It’s been an evolution and the recognition that student loans are here to stay, and, quite frankly, that the student loan debt crisis is real,” says Stacey MacPhetres, senior director of education finance for EdAssist by Bright Horizons, which offers tuition assistance and student loan repayment benefit plans. “Employers are starting to recognize that it is a necessary benefit, and no longer a nice to have.” 

Read the full article here.