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Military Student Loan Forgiveness and Discharge Programs

It is absurdly ironic that members of the military can go into harms way, fight in combat and yet return back home only to struggle trying to escape the invisible bondage of penetrating student loan debt.

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Congressional Democrat Probes For-Profit Colleges

A leading Democrat in Congress opened an investigation this week into executive pay at for-profit colleges and universities, hoping to …

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Defaulting on Private vs. Federal Student Loans

It’s a simple equation, really. Expensive College + No Jobs = Student Loan Defaults. With sky-high tuition, an anemic economy …

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College Grads Face Record Debt

For the first time ever, the average college senior owes more than $25,000 in debt, according to a study released …

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Q&A: Student Loan Defaults and Garnished Wages

The amount of federal and private student loan debt held by Americans, which is expected to top $1 trillion this …

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Will The President's New Debt Relief Programs Help You?

President Barack Obama has announced two plans to offer relief for borrowers overwhelmed with debt. The first, an expansion of …

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I Paid a Quarter-Million, and All I Got Was This Lousy English Degree

Imagine paying nearly quarter of a million dollars for an English degree. Talk about sticker shock! But if you’re unlucky …

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Good Debt Versus Bad Debt

You’ll hear some high-profile personal finance experts say that debt is bad debt. Others clearly separate good debt from bad …

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The new interim director of the nation’s first consumer protection agency for financial products gave his first public speech on …

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Should All Student Loans Be Forgiven?

Liberal blogger Robert Applebaum has an interesting idea: Let’s forgive everybody’s student loan debt. All of it. According to a …

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