Student Debt

Government profits on student debt

Student borrowers pay record interest rates on government-backed loans, boosting Dept. of Education coffers

Natasha Lennard Wednesday, Apr 10, 2013 4:00 PM UTC
Business Student Loan Debt, Debt

A new report from the New York Fed shows the explosion of total student loan debt, which shows no sign of stopping

Natasha Lennard Friday, Mar 1, 2013 6:24 PM UTC 23
Business Student Loan Debt, Student Debt

Census data shows 4.3 million U.S. households include a parent, a grandparent and a child

Natasha Lennard Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 12:34 PM UTC
Life Retirement, Student Debt, Census

It's not just homeowners anymore. Big borrowing and zero oversight has left students drowning in debt

Marian Wang, ProPublica Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 1:01 PM UTC 15
Politics Mortgage Crisis, Debt, ProPublica

Report finds women earn on average 82 percent of what men earn after their first year of full-time work

Natasha Lennard Wednesday, Oct 24, 2012 8:48 PM UTC 11
News Pay gap

Way beyond Kony2012 clicktivism, students from Bangkok to Cali are organizing against commodified education today

Zachary Bell Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 9:17 PM UTC
Life Student strike, Global-Tech

How the government is saddling parents with tuition-related debt they can't pay -- and could never afford

Marian Wang and Beckie Supiano, ProPublica Sunday, Oct 7, 2012 2:00 PM UTC
Business Student Debt, NYU, student loans

The state starved its schools of cash. Now its once vaunted public education system is dying a slow death

Andy Kroll, TomDispatch.com Tuesday, Oct 2, 2012 6:43 PM UTC 22
Business Santa Cruz, Student Debt