Here are the best articles from around the web this week talking about student loans… For the week ending Friday June 14, 2013 Student Loan News: 1. Surviving Student Loan Default:  Rising student loan delinquencies have become worrisome, with banks writing off $3 billion in student loan debt during the first two months of this year alone. By February, about 850,000 students had defaulted on their loans in 2013, according to a March article on the Debt.org website. […]

Here are the best articles from around the web this week talking about student loans… For the week ending Friday May 31, 2013 Student Loan News: 1. What Sallie Mae's Split Says About Student Loans:  Student loan giant Sallie Mae announced a major change to its model today. It will split its growing, private student loan business from its shrinking government-backed loan servicing business. The company will turn itself into two, separate publicly traded entities: An education loan management business and a consumer banking business “to unlock value and enhance long-term growth potential.” Details here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/halahtouryalai/2013/05/29/what-sallie-maes-split-says-about-student-loans/ […]

Here are the best articles from around the web this week talking about student loans… For the week ending Friday  May 24, 2013 Student Loan News: 1. Overdue Student Loans Reach Record as U.S. Graduates Seek Jobs:  Overdue student loans reached an all-time high as students struggle to find work after college, according to a government report renewing alarms about the rising burden of higher-education debt. Eleven percent of student loans were seriously delinquent — at least 90 days past due — in the third quarter of 2012, compared with 6 percent in the first quarter of 2003, according to the report by the U.S. Education Department. Almost 30 percent of 20- to 24-year-olds aren't employed or in school, the study found. […]