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Wait, we don't have a student debt crisis?
Feb 22, 2013
This year, for the first time, total outstanding student loans will exceed $1 trillion. That's a crisis, right? The Atlantic argues no.
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How parents should handle their child's student loans
Oct 12, 2012
When you're a parent helping your kids pursue their dreams and paying for their college education, what do you do when your debt suddenly skyrockets?
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Pew: Student loan debt rises sharply
Sep 27, 2012
There’s a new report out today from the Pew Research Center with some startling statistics on student loan debt: It’s rising sharply in the U.S.
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Affluent families take on more college debt
Aug 9, 2012
More upper-middle-class families are borrowing for college so their children can attend high-tuition prestige schools.
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Upper middle class sees the biggest jump in student loan debt
Aug 9, 2012
The Wall Street Journal finds that upper-middle-income households with annual incomes between $94,000 and $200,000 are finding it more expensive to pay for college.
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Older students lead loan delinquents
Jul 18, 2012
Surprisingly -- or not so surprising -- 40- to 49-year-olds have the most delinquent student loan debt.
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Former student debtor teaches others to manage money
Jun 1, 2012
A new report from the New York Federal Reserve Bank shows that student debt is up nearly 8 percent in just the last year. David Weliver, publisher of financial advice blog, Money Under 30, tells us his story.
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Your major may explain your debt
May 4, 2012
Commentator Peter Morici sees a link between what we study and what we owe.
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Student debt burden hits $1 trillion
Apr 25, 2012
At $1 trillion nationally, student debt surpasses credit card debt and car loans, and it can be a serious drag on the economy.
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Senator Dick Durbin on student loans and student debt
Mar 30, 2012
The amount of outstanding student loan debt in this country has reached $1 trillion. And if you scan the headlines this week, you'll find school after school raising tuition, which will almost certainly send that $1 trillion number up even further.
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