Mortgage-sized tuition debts, warned the report, have dire consequences for the future of poverty law agencies and legal departments in state and federal government.
Large tuition debts have dire consequences on the future of the federal government. 
mnli hypothesis: Large tuition debts have dire consequences on the future of the federal government.  premise: Mortgage-sized tuition debts, warned the report, have dire consequences for the future of poverty law agencies and legal departments in state and federal government.