THE WASHINGTON POST. MAY 20, 2013. CONGRESS HAS ONLY begun working on student loans this year, and already it’s going better than last year’s debacle. Election-year politics drove Congress and the White House to endorse a bumper-sticker policy — keep …Continue reading »
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 23, 2013
THE HILL. APRIL 22, 2013. Congress is headed for another showdown on student loans. With just over nine weeks to go before rates hike, Congress seems nowhere close to finding a solution to stop student loan rates doubling from 3.4 …Continue reading »
Continue reading...Thursday, April 18, 2013
DAILY FINANCE. APRIL 16, 2013. America’s student loan debt problem is nothing new: For years, the media has been offering up a flood of stories about people facing decades of debt repaymentand crushing interest rates. But with tuitions still rising and employment options for college …Continue reading »
Continue reading...Friday, April 12, 2013
THE NEW YORK TIMES. APRIL 8, 2013. The interest rate on many student loans is scheduled to double on July 1, to 6.8 percent from 3.4 percent — just as it was last year, when in the midst of an election campaign, …Continue reading »
Continue reading...Friday, April 12, 2013
THE NEW YORK TIMES. APRIL 8, 2013. The interest rate on many student loans is scheduled to double on July 1, to 6.8 percent from 3.4 percent — just as it was last year, when in the midst of an election campaign, …Continue reading »
Continue reading...Monday, April 1, 2013
ASSOCIATED PRESS. MARCH 29, 2013. Congressional inaction could end up costing college students an extra $5,000 on their new loans. The rate for subsidized Stafford loans is set to increase from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent on July 1, just …Continue reading »
Continue reading...Friday, March 22, 2013
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. MARCH 20, 2013. A federal judge has ruled against the U.S. Department of Education on a motion asking the judge to modify part of a decision, issued last summer, that vacated key provisions of the …Continue reading »
Continue reading...Friday, March 8, 2013
ENHANCED ONLINE NEWS. MARCH 7, 2013. It’s tax season. Students and families who paid college expenses or interest on student loans in 2012 may be eligible for a tax break. Sallie Mae, the nation’s no. 1 financial services company specializing …Continue reading »
Continue reading...Friday, March 8, 2013
ENHANCED ONLINE NEWS. MARCH 7, 2013. It’s tax season. Students and families who paid college expenses or interest on student loans in 2012 may be eligible for a tax break. Sallie Mae, the nation’s no. 1 financial services company specializing …Continue reading »
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 5, 2013
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. JANUARY 30, 2013. When their student loans come due, many borrowers have no choice but to postpone the inevitable. As of March, 51% of student loans were in deferment or forbearance — periods when, owing to …Continue reading »
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