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2012/05/28 02:23
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INDIANAPOLIS — The interest Hoosier students pay on their federal Stafford college loans should be returned as a credit that lowers their Indiana income taxes, state Senate hopeful Terry White...
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2012/05/27 08:25
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During a recent online discussion, lots of people had questions about student loan debt. Here are my answers to a couple I didn't get a chance to address. One person wanted to know if when carrying...
2012/05/27 03:30
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Palm Beach Post Staff Writer TALLAHASSEE — With average student debt in Florida already topping $21,000, moves that Congress and the State University System make, or don't make, in June could go a...
2012/05/27 02:57
2012/05/27 02:57
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You just graduated from college. You were taught at an early age to follow your dreams, reach for the stars and find work that makes you happy. You were taught that everything will work out if you...
2012/05/26 10:47
2012/05/26 10:47
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Saturday, May 26, 2012 | 3:34 a.m. The Senate rejected dueling Democratic and Republican plans on Thursday for averting a July 1 doubling of interest rates on federal college loans for 7.4 million...
2012/05/25 20:12
2012/05/25 20:12
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A bill designed to withhold increasing the interest rates on federal student loans was rejected by the U.S. Senate May 24. Senate bill 2343, the Stop the Student Loan Interest Rate Hike Act of 2012,...
2012/05/25 15:48
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Outstanding student loan debt in the U.S. is approaching one trillion dollars. One important question people struggling with student loan debt have is whether student loans are dischargeable in...
2012/05/25 04:49
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Education Secretary Arne Duncan says student loans don't push up tuition, but of course, they do, much like housing prices were pushed up by banks giving loans to people who could not afford the...
2012/05/25 04:38
2012/05/25 04:38
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You are living the dream, having been accepted at a number of colleges. The financial aid award letters arrive, and your dream turns into a nightmare as you try to decode their contents. Why can't...
2012/05/25 04:26
2012/05/25 04:26
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From the Orlando Sentinel: Student loan debts can dog graduates for decades. Just ask U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, the 40-year-old Florida Republican and vice presidential possibility, still paying off...
2012/05/24 17:52
2012/05/24 17:52
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During a recent online discussion, lots of people had questions about student loan debt. Here are my answers to a couple I didn't get a chance to address. One person wanted to know whether when...
2012/05/24 17:09
2012/05/24 17:09
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Paying your student loan is no easy feat, but with a bit of persistence, discipline and creativity, the goal of having a zero balance on your next student loan bill can become a reality. Here are some...
2012/05/24 10:19
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The following editorial appeared Wednesday in The New York Times. For too many students, a college education that is supposed to create opportunities can also mean years of struggle to pay off tens...
2012/05/23 15:07
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) The Buffalo News on closing a loophole in New York law that allows murderous spouses to control where victims are buried. This one seems like an easy call, but nothing in Albany,...
2012/05/23 14:39
2012/05/23 14:39
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New York Times reporter Andrew Martin says the average college student has around $23,000 in student loans. Yet he still found plenty of students who feel like no one warned them about what they were...
2012/05/23 14:39
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A few months ago, my dad sent me an email. “RE: loans - i hope you understand your loans,” he wrote. The body of the email consisted only of a Bloomberg article titled, “Student Borrowers Lack...
2012/05/23 12:37
2012/05/23 12:37
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... you are in college, it doesn't seem real," said Ben Herrington-Gilmore, who will graduate Sunday from Occidental College. The weak economy compounds graduates' worries about payments on many...
2012/05/23 10:29
2012/05/23 10:29
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A NON-GOVERMENTAL organisation (NGO) plans to offer loans to students of higher learning institutions starting next academic year. Higher Learning Institutions Students Supporting Fund (HLSSF)...
2012/05/23 09:09
2012/05/23 09:09
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The figures show an "alarming" picture of people trapped in debt caused by penalty charges because they cannot afford to pay back the loan on time. Ms Creasy's report said that capping the total...
2012/05/23 05:24
2012/05/23 05:24
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In the United States, the so-called land of opportunity, many are facing a reality check: even with a college education, we still are not guaranteed financial success. About half of recent college...