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How did you pay for college?

by Samantha Fields
Jul 22, 2019
We're thinking about the evolution of student debt, generation to generation, and we'd like to hear from you.
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California seeks ways to solve student homelessness

by Adolfo Guzman-Lopez
Jun 12, 2019
Despite a deepening crisis, not everybody is on board short-term fixes involving parking lots.
Cameron Jones, 26, a Marine Corps veteran who served in Afghanistan, prepares to sleep in a Safe Parking LA location near the Veteran's Affairs Los Angeles Healthcare Center in Los Angeles, California, February 11, 2019.
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Scrimping and saving to attend college debt-free

by Mitchell Hartman
Jun 10, 2019
One-third of students don't borrow. Some of them would qualify for federal loans, but want to enter the job market debt-free.
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Some Americans age 50 and older still paying student loans

by Erika Beras
May 28, 2019
For some, student loan payments continue for decades.
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Is that student debt really worth the burden?

by Ben Bradford
Apr 12, 2019
More than 40% of millennials and Gen Xers say they don't think so.
Nearly 300,000 students attended HBCUs in 2015.
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White House proposes caps on federal student loan borrowing

by Mitchell Hartman
Mar 19, 2019
As college tuition and student debt continue to rise, the White House is proposing reforms to student loan policy.
Are you weighed down by student debt?
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Why student debt may be slowing down a generation of homeowners

by Amy Scott , Bennett Purser and Liz Sanchez
Feb 18, 2019
New Federal Reserve research says student loan debt is hurting the housing market.
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Congress is set to vote on more mandatory financial counseling to help curb student loan defaults

by Justin Ho
Sep 5, 2018
Student debt is topping $1.4 trillion dollars.
Students pull a mock 'ball & chain' representing the $1.4 trilling outstanding student debt at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, in 2016.
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Graduating into the Economy

Just graduate college and want to eventually own a home? Follow these easy steps

by Lizzie O'Leary
Jun 8, 2018
OK, so it's not actually as simple as 1, 2, 3 ...
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Can income share agreements solve the student debt problem?

by David Brancaccio
Apr 9, 2018
For those who graduated in 2004, student loan default rates will approach 40 percent.
Students pull a mock 'ball & chain' representing the $1.4 trilling outstanding student debt at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, where second presidential debate will be held between Republican nominee Donald Trump and his Democratic counterpart Hillary Clinton.
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