Here are the best articles from around the web this week talking about student loans… For the week ending Friday August 23, 2013 Student Loan News: 1. Student loan financial burdens pervasive: Attending college isn't cheap, and, for many students it's a major financial challenge. The good news is that loans are available. The bad news is that they might create huge financial burdens later in life for the people who take advantage of them. […]
Sometimes it is not easily possible to have a car loan when you already have a student loan. Traditionally, banks would not be willing to give loans to college students. The reason is obvious- the payment of the loan from a college student can be an uncertain thing, as college students may not have permanently reliable and big sources of credit or income. […]
Here are the best articles from around the web this week talking about student loans… For the week ending Friday August 16, 2013 Student Loan News: 1. Obama Signs Student Loan Deal: President Barack Obama signed into law Friday a measure restoring lower interest rates for student loans, pledging the hard-fought compromise would be just the first step in a broader, concerted fight to rein in the costs of a college education. Encircled by lawmakers from both parties in the Oval Office, Obama praised Democrats and Republicans alike for agreeing finally on what he called a sensible, reasonable approach to student loans even as he cautioned that “our job is not done.” […]
Here are the best articles from around the web this week talking about student loans… For the week ending Friday August 9, 2013 Student Loan News: 1. Consumer protection chief puts focus on student loans: Staggering student loan debt has the same kind of ripple effect on the economy as the subprime mortgage crisis did, the [...]
Here are the best articles from around the web this week talking about student loans… For the week ending Friday August 2, 2013 Student Loan News: 1. House approves lower rates on student loans: The House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill Wednesday to roll back a July 1 jump in student loan interest rates and [...]
Here are the best articles from around the web this week talking about student loans… For the week ending Friday July 26, 2013 Student Loan News: 1. Senate passes student loan deal: The Senate passed legislation Wednesday that would make it less expensive for college students to borrow money to pay for classes, housing and books. But interest rates could soon start climbing. The proposal, that passed by 81 votes to 18, would link interest rates on federal student loans to the financial markets. That means student loans for the next few years would have lower interest rates. Higher rates would come in later years if the economy improves as expected. […]
Here are the best articles from around the web this week talking about student loans… For the week ending Friday July 19, 2013 Student Loan News: 1. Senators Reach Deal on Student Loans: Senators are ready to offer students a better deal on their college loans this fall, but future classes could see higher interest rates. The Senate could vote as early as Thursday on a bipartisan compromise that heads off a costly increase for returning students. The compromise could be a good deal for students through the 2015 academic year, but then interest rates are expected to climb above where they were when students left campus this spring. […]
Here are the best articles from around the web this week talking about student loans… For the week ending Friday July 12, 2013 Student Loan News: 1. Work resumes after student loan bill fails: The defeat of a student loan bill in the Senate on Wednesday clears the way for fresh negotiations to restore lower rates, but lawmakers are racing the clock before millions of students return to campus next month to find borrowing terms twice as high as when school let out. […]
The author (Joe Mihalic) is really determined to combat and destroy student debt from the student loan program that was imposed by the government decades ago. It was clear that most people were victims of student loan and until now, the problem of paying the loan still exists especially when there are quotas. […]
Here are the best articles from around the web this week talking about student loans… For the week ending Friday July 5, 2013 Student Loan News: 1. Declare Independence From Your Student Loans: When it comes to declaring independence from debt, a lot of us are under the thumb of the same dictator: student loans. In fact, according to a recent report from the Urban Institute, one in five adults over the age of 20 are carrying student loan debt — and more than half of them are worried about how they're going to pay it off. […]