At the moment student loans are tax deductible up to a $2,500 in 2014, a point most with surpass within a few months of repayment, leaving them with both standard taxation and loan payments.
By making student loans tax deducible for the debtors former students will be able to pay back their debts with greater certainty and speed.
By making student loans tax deductible for companies you can have:
1. Support for employees from their employer, who in turn is investing in an employee's future.
2. Charitable contributions made to those who are struggling to pay back those loans, which is both positive P.R. for the companies as well as money being paid to the federal government to alleviate the 1+ trillion dollars of debt nationwide.
This is not meant a permanent solution, but it's a start.