Great article. What that professor should do is open up and share her story with the undergrads. Keeping it hidden is understandable; I'd be mortified if I were her.

But I can tell you that if, when I was a sophomore at my fancy undergrad university, my highly admired English prof had run a seminar on the side about credit cards, financial security and bankruptcy, I would have taken it. And hearing it from her would have meant so much - if the topic became less taboo, maybe people would learn something before they find themselves in the hole.

Or maybe she could chair a club on Foolishness. Hmmm.

-CG
(still trying to get out of debt)