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| Castelli urges Congress to keep college student loan rates at current level Mid-Hudson News Castelli, who is a former college professor and whose district includes several colleges, said if the current law runs out, student loan costs would skyrocket. "Americans now owe over $900 billion in student loans. That is actually more than the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Loans Board Faults Cag's Report AllAfrica.com By Christopher Majaliwa, 11 June 2012 THE Higher Education Students Loan's Board (HESLB) has disputed a report of the Controller and Auditor General (CAG) on unverified funds disbursed to students studying abroad. The CAG had reported that over 7bn/- ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Ignore The Debt Hype -- College Is A Great Investment KERO-TV 23 The first author has more than 25 years of experience in paying off more than $40000 in student loans, incurred for a BA and master's at a rather expensive East Coast institution. As both researchers and participants in the loan market, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Congrats - now pay up Attleboro Sun Chronicle Now she has graduated, and owes $90000 on student loans. She has to start making payments in six months that will come to $900 a month. With a degree in animal science, she doesn't anticipate landing a high-paying job anytime soon, so repayment will be ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Skilled Students Are Hot Product in U.S. Corporate Supply Chain San Francisco Chronicle Tuition and fees for in-state students at public four-year colleges and universities have climbed in the past decade at an average annual pace of 5.6 percent beyond the rate of inflation, according to the College Board. Student-loan debt jumped to $904 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Unpacking $1 Trillion National Journal (blog) By Fawn Johnson The much circulated statistic that outstanding student loan debt has topped $1 trillion is indicative of a few things: More students are taking out loans. More students are going to college. College is more expensive. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Bias seen in political headlines Washington Post Regarding the June 6 news story "White House doubts sincerity of GOP's student-loan offer": The biased headline underscored the need for The Post to strive for political neutrality. The headline differed little from this hypothetical: "Republican ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Senate moves to make college more affordable PallTimes.com Kenneth LaValle, R-Port Jefferson, who chairs the Senate Higher Education Committee, would help parents save for their children's higher education and give those attending college access to low-interest student loans, among other things. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| DeVry University Receives A Failing Grade In Investment Value Seeking Alpha DV is facing a barrage of scrutiny for unethical recruiting practices, high student loan default rate and high executive compensation. The DOE has introduced rules that would curb unscrupulous loan distribution, and would threaten eligibility for Title ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 5 Financial tips for the first week of June 2012 Online News Today This is the worst aspect of the federal student loans. Uncle Sam can snatch away 15% of your paycheck when you default on the federal student loans. Uncle Sam can start the Administrative Wage Garnishment process once you default on the federal student ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Is health care law funded by savings from student loan program? PolitiFact ... Memphis Commercial Appeal Recently, some politicians have made the case that the new law is being paid for in part by using the savings created when Congress took private banks and the subsidies they received out of the business of making guaranteed loans to students. Sen. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Should Colleges Cut Humanities Departments? Worcester Telegram By Peter S. Cohan WALL & MAIN Last fall, I interviewed an Assumption College senior who was unable to find a job in her field, while being saddled with $100000 in student loans. This made me wonder: Is college worth the money? See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Senators Coburn Burr Introduce the Comprehensive Student Loan Protection Act PoliticalNews.me (press release) (WASHINGTON, DC) – US Senators Tom Coburn, MD (R-OK) and Richard Burr (R-NC) introduced the "Comprehensive Student Loan Protection Act," a bill to provide a long-term fix to the interest rate on subsidized student loans by changing the structure for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Rising Tuition Gets Scrutiny Wall Street Journal Aid-eligible institutions need to be accredited by the Education Department, licensed by the state and meet other standards such as a maximum rate of default by students on federal loans. The tuition difference was roughly equal to the average $3390 a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Students can't continue carrying burden of budget cuts Ocala In the past five years, UCF has increased tuition for undergraduates by 75 percent because of declining state support, making it more likely that students will have to apply for student loans. All this, at a time when politicians from the courthouse to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Tammy Downing: Students can't afford to have loan interest rates double July 1 Capital Times Dear Editor: On July 1, the interest rate on government-subsidized Stafford loans will double. College students cannot take on more debt, yet Congress hasn't made any substantial moves to prevent the rate from doubling. I graduated several years ago ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| College task force should take on rapidly rising costs Daytona Beach News-Journal That's the total amount of student-loan debt carried by students in the US It's no surprise an increasing number of students are defaulting on student loans. And those who are paying are paying for years -- Florida US Sen. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Behind Republican Efforts To Save Face With Women, Latinos And Young Voters TPM Earlier this year, Republicans voted overwhelmingly for a budget that would let student loan interest rates double for some 7 million young adults in July. But they pulled an about-face in April after Romney sided with Obama on the issue. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Loansharks lure students in Euro fever The Sun Daily The former promotes football betting among students while the latter makes betting easy by providing hassle-free loans, China Press reported yesterday. And the loan interest rate? Two per cent a day of the sum borrowed, which is usually small and does ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Millennials Choosing To Rent, Avoiding Purchases In The Housing Market Huffington Post Burdened by a $1 trillion in student loan debt and wary of taking on a new loan with a home mortgage, millennials are choosing to rent or move back in with their parents. From 2009 through 2011, just 9 percent of 29-34-year-olds were approved for a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Sally's social disconnect BtoB Magazine Sally: "Customer service for [a student loan company]." I tried to imagine what Sally's job is like. Every day, she drags herself to work to spend hours on the phone with customers. Many of her callers are nervous about meeting loan obligations in a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Higher fees, less aid may KO college plans for many 2012 grads Boston Herald Some federal grant programs have been level-funded since 2007 and others eliminated entirely, according to the National Assocation of Student Financial Aid Administrators. Student loan debt nationwide is now estimated at more than $1 trillion, ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| ASU pledges more student loan, financial aid transparency | ASU ... By Danielle Grobmeier ASU and the White House made an agreement that the University would be more open with students about the cost of student loans as well as financial aid opportunities at a meeting in Washington, D.C. Tuesday. ASU News | The State Press |... | ||
| Scholarship Explorer – Free Money First! | iHELP Student Loans Blog By iHELP Scholarship Explorer is a search engine, now available on the Apple iTunes Store to help you browse and find Scholarships and Grants you can apply for. Get your free money first, before you think about getting any student loans. iHELP Student Loans Blog | ||
| On Student Debt Crisis, A Canary in the Mineshaft | Credit.com ... By Christopher Maag In recent years, the rapid increase in tuition rates and student loan debt has caused many observers to wonder whether we're in the midst of a student loan bubble. Much like the real estate bubble of the 2000s burst, the damaging effects of ... Credit.com News + Advice | ||
| Canada's Ancien Régime says, "Let Them Eat Student Loans ... By Sterling Lynch One of the more famous moments of the French Revolution probably never happened. In all likelihood, Marie Antoinette never uttered the phrase, "Let them eat, cake," in response to the news that there was a widespread bread shortage in ... STERLING LYNCH | ||
| Getting More From Your Student Loan Investment | Financial Aid News By Financial Aid Guru One way financial professionals assess an investment opportunity is to measure the payback on the investment -- the amount of time it will take for the investment to earn the amount spent on it, Richard Barrington writes for Money Rates. Financial Aid News and Blog :... | ||
| Take Politics Out of Student Loan Process | Education News This op-ed appeared in today's edition of Politico. Last month, I had the honor of giving the commencement address at Howard University. I was filled with hope and inspiration looking out at the faces of all those young people, often … Education News | ||
| UConn's Office of Student Services and Advocacy | UConn ... By Hina OSSA would be in charge of helping to verify the residency status of that student. They also handle financial needs as well. If a student needs to take out a short term emergency loan (a student loan that is 500 dollars or less) OSSA would ... UConn Lodewick Visitors Center | ||
| #J6: NY Student March in Support of Students of Quebec | Occupied ... By joe #NYC Infinite Strike will continue to march in solidarity with the strikers of Quebec, while also working towards building a strong student movement here in the United States. OUTSTANDING STUDENT LOAN DEBT IN THE UNITED STATES ... Occupied Stories | ||
| Obama calls for improvements to student loan repayment plan ... By admin The memorandum states that the income-based repayment plan for federal loans currently caps student loan payments at 15 percent of former students' current discretionary income, and the cap is set to lower to 10 percent in 2014. UWIRE |
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