Student Loan 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

Student debt tripled in eight years

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

Why care about Cooper Union?

11 students have occupied part of the prestigious school, but student dissent and free education is at stake VIDEO

Natasha Lennard Thursday, Dec 6, 2012 3:32 PM UTC
News Video, Cooper Union, Occupation

Occupy gets into the debt market

A new project to buy up and forgive thousands of dollars worth of debt is, at the very least, pretty clever VIDEO

Natasha Lennard Friday, Nov 9, 2012 8:59 PM UTC 29
News Rolling Jubilee, Mortgages

University of Phoenix to phase out 115 campuses

After months of damning press, the for-profit college sector shows decline

Natasha Lennard Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 2:05 PM UTC 19
News Education, Student Loan Debt

Student loan mimics subprime mortgage industry

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau report shows all too familiar complaints from besieged borrowers

Natasha Lennard Tuesday, Oct 16, 2012 8:12 PM UTC
Life student loans

Occupy’s new ground: Debt resistance

A new manual marks the launch of a new campaign and, possibly, a movement

Natasha Lennard Tuesday, Sep 18, 2012 10:37 PM UTC 20
News Occupy Wall Street, Occupy, Debt

College student’s awkward moment on “Fox & Friends”

Max Rice posed as a college grad and got kicked off "Fox & Friends" after pretending to be a Romney supporter VIDEO

Prachi Gupta Monday, Sep 17, 2012 10:41 PM UTC 24
News Fox News, Fox, College

Stop calling student loans “financial aid”

Students who take out loans aren't receiving special favors. They're making a financial transaction like any other

Mike Konczal, Next New Deal Saturday, Sep 15, 2012 4:00 PM UTC 102
Politics Next New Deal

Quote of the day

Congressman Roscoe Bartlett thinks student loans are the first step toward the Holocaust

Jillian Rayfield Thursday, Sep 6, 2012 10:22 PM UTC 32
News Roscoe Bartlett

GOP’s newest attack on student loans

The platform calls for repealing student loan reform so private lenders can get a bigger piece of the pie

Tim Price, Next New Deal Saturday, Sep 1, 2012 12:00 PM UTC 40
Politics Next New Deal

How for-profit schools get rich

A new report details their excesses -- including an average CEO salary of $7.3 million

Andrew Leonard Monday, Jul 30, 2012 6:27 PM UTC 13
News Student Loan Debt

Another “subprime” crisis: Student loans

Private student loan lenders cashed in by offloading risk to the next sucker down the line. Sound familiar?

Andrew Leonard Monday, Jul 23, 2012 4:52 PM UTC 39
News Student Loan Debt

Student anger boils over

The idea of a student debt strike is circulating among activists -- could it take off?

Natasha Lennard Friday, Jun 29, 2012 3:35 PM UTC 175
Politics Student Loan Debt

Congress poised to act on highways, student loans

The House and Senate are set to vote on a package that could save millions of jobs and aid students across America

Joan Lowy, Associated Press Friday, Jun 29, 2012 2:47 PM UTC
Politics From the Wires, Congress

Senate strikes deal on student debt

Interest rates won't double after Senate leaders craft a compromise

Andrew Leonard Tuesday, Jun 26, 2012 9:00 PM UTC
Politics Student Loan Debt

Wiping out for-profit schools

A bill banning career schools from using student loan money for recruitment could doom predatory colleges

Andrew Leonard Wednesday, Jun 20, 2012 6:30 PM UTC 29
Politics Student Loan Debt

For-profit colleges party in Vegas

With a cameo from George W. Bush, private sector colleges reminisce about the good old low-regulation days

Andrew Leonard Tuesday, Jun 19, 2012 6:32 PM UTC
Politics Student Loan Debt

How to fix student loans

Two columns offer opposite solutions: Get rid of them completely, or make students borrow even more?

Andrew Leonard Monday, Jun 18, 2012 5:30 PM UTC 14
Politics Student Loan Debt

Students share their debt woes

Paperwork signed in blood and other sad tales from the front lines of the student loan disaster

Andrew Leonard Friday, Jun 15, 2012 7:30 PM UTC 95
Politics Student Loan Debt

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