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Student Loan News – October 25, 2013

Here are the best articles from around the web this week talking about student loans… For the week ending Friday October 25, 2013 Student Loan News: 1. The take on student-loan payments:  Most of it has been about the federal-debt burden. I want to shift the discussion to individuals, particularly those with private student loans. The student-loan ombudsman for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has just released a report analyzing complaints the watchdog agency has received from private student-loan borrowers. […]

By |October 25th, 2013|Weekly Resources|0 Comments

Student Loan News – October 18, 2013

Here are the best articles from around the web this week talking about student loans… For the week ending Friday October 18, 2013 Student Loan News: 1. 5 Ways to Reduce Student-Loan Debt:  In a recent column on how to keep student-loan debt under control, I made the point that we need to apply out-of-the-box, even radical ideas to tackle spiraling college costs and student-loan debt. Readers quickly sent me their feedback. […]

By |October 18th, 2013|Weekly Resources|0 Comments

Student Loan News – October 4, 2013

Here are the best articles from around the web this week talking about student loans… For the week ending Friday October 4, 2013 Student Loan News: 1. Student-Loan Curbs Leave Black Schools in Peril:  The President of Howard University, one of the nation's elite historically black schools, stepped down this week, highlighting the deep uncertainty black colleges are facing in the wake of new restrictions on loans on which many of their students depend. […]

By |October 4th, 2013|Weekly Resources|0 Comments

Student Loan News – September 6, 2013

Here are the best articles from around the web this week talking about student loans… For the week ending Friday September 6, 2013 Student Loan News: 1. Parents face the student loan double whammy:  At age 51, Charlene Rose had hoped to be socking away money for retirement by now. But instead, she's still paying off her student loans, largely for a master's degree she got to advance her career. And now she's got three kids in college, each of whom is taking out student loans of their own to pay for higher education. […]

By |September 6th, 2013|Weekly Resources|0 Comments

Student Loan News – August 30, 2013

Here are the best articles from around the web this week talking about student loans… For the week ending Friday August 30, 2013 Student Loan News: 1. Student loan rates will feed federal profits:  A law touted by politicians as their way of keeping money in the pockets of the nation's college students will instead funnel more than $700 million in additional profit into the federal government's wallet over the next 10 years, a new analysis shows. […]

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Student Loan News – August 23, 2013

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. […]

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Student Loan News – August 16, 2013

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.” […]

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Student Loan News – February 22, 2013

Here are the best articles from around the web this week talking about student loans… For the week ending Friday Feb 22, 2013 Student Loan News: 1.  Wealthiest US colleges suing students over default loans: Graduate student borrowers are defaulting on almost US$1 billion in federal loans that were given out to the poor. US colleges such as Yale, Penn State and George Washington are coming after them in the courts, suing for nonpayment. All three colleges have pursued lawsuits against students who defaulted on their Perkins loans. The exact number of lawsuits is not known, but just last year alone the University of Pennsylvania filed at least a dozen lawsuits over the Federal Perkins Loan, Bloomberg reported. […]

By |February 22nd, 2013|Weekly Resources|0 Comments