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The Student Debt Epidemic: 1 in 5 Households Now Owe Student Loans
The Great Recession has pushed student debt to historic levels, and for the first time ever, almost 20% of U.S. households have outstanding educational loans...
Student Debt: Why Even the Affluent Struggle
The financial devastation wrought by excessive student debt is hitting even affluent households, a turn that might finally lead to meaningful change in the way...
What Student Debt Crisis? Survey Says We’ll Spend $5 Billion on Graduation Gifts
A new survey shows that Americans will collectively spend more than $4.7 billion on gifts for students graduating college or high school this year. For some...
Why the Student Loan Situation Is Worse Than We Thought
The latest report by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shows how dire the financial situation has become for college students with outstanding loans...
The 20 Colleges With the Most (and Least) Student Debt
Each year, U.S. News & World Report releases a list of the nation’s best colleges. In the 2012 edition, they included a ranking based on the amount of debt the...
Student Loan Delinquency Rate on the Rise
If you believe conventional wisdom, student loans are “good” debt: They’re safe, lead to higher incomes, and generally pay off in the long run. The problem is...
U.S. At War: Flag Unfurled
Two months ago in the South Pacific, husky, khaki-clad Lieut. Commander Harold Stassen, 36, tieless and open-collared as flag secretary to informal Admiral...
New Frontier in Student Debt: It Stifles the Housing Recovery
With the start of another school year, the air is once again filled with angst over the high cost of college. But the discussion is shifting. It’s not just about...
Stop Fighting Over Interest Rates — There’s a Better Way For Congress To Fix the Student Debt Crisis
Interest rates on federal subsidized Stafford loans were cut from 6.8% to 3.4% during the current economic downturn. This “temporary” reduction is scheduled to...
Class Notes: Student Debt, Virginia Tech and More Education News
Students Protest Student Loan Interest Rate Increase College students delivered 130,000 letters to Congress on Tuesday in protest of the scheduled doubling of...
Articles from Around the Web
House approves Republican student loan bill
The House approved a Republican proposal Thursday to allow interest rates on federal student loans to rise or fall from year to year with the government's cost of borrowing,...
House Passes Bill Tying Student- Loan Interest Rates to the Market
In a mostly party-line vote, the chamber approved a Republican-backed measure that would prevent some interest rates from doubling on July 1. ...
House to take up student loan fix
Student Loan Debt Is a Drag on the Economy, Too
Student debt is making it even harder for many of them, as they delay purchases of things like homes and cars. ...
