THE ERIC SCHMIDT-BACKED SERVICE COFOUNDED BY AN EX-GOOGLER FOSTERS INVESTMENTS IN HIGH ACHIEVERS, WHO AGREE TO REPAY INVESTORS WITH THEIR FUTURE EARNINGS. SOUND LIKE INDENTURED SERVITUDE? IT'S NOT EVEN THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL PART OF UPSTART.
After college, Shanaz Chowdhery, 22, hoped to explore her intellectual passion. Like many a student before her, she didn’t know if she could afford it. She'd graduated from Yale in 2013 with Bachelor's degree in sociology and had grown fascinated by the intersection of education and inequality. She hoped to teach for a few years before going on to law school. But she worried about starting adult life in a lower-income profession like teaching.
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