Thousands of people who have private student loans and haven’t been paying them on time may get an unexpected gift—their loans may be wiped away. $12B worth of student loans could be … Continue reading Thousands of Student Loans Could Be Wiped Away Due to Missing Paperwork
Tuition fees have become a political battleground. But what’s been their impact? Comparing countries that provide free college education to countries that charge, you see that poorer children are the ones that … Continue reading 10 charts that show the effect of tuition fees
News of growing total owed by 6.4 million borrowers follows Labour’s general election pledge to scrap tuition fees Source: UK student loan debt soars to more than £100bn | Money | The … Continue reading UK student loan debt soars to more than £100bn
The plan by the Secretary of Education represents the Trump administration’s multi-part assault on public education and the non-rich According to budget documents obtained by The Washington Post, the Trump administration plans … Continue reading Billionaire Betsy DeVos wants to scrap student debt forgiveness. Surprised?
Donald Trump is promising the most liberal student loan repayment plan since the inception of the federal financial aid program, in a clear effort to court the millions of Americans struggling with … Continue reading Trump just laid out a pretty radical student debt plan
We are hearing a language of crisis, with concepts like “austerity” and “efficiency,” what economist Paul Krugman has correctly termed “austerity ideology,” applied to every public institution. As faculty members we believe … Continue reading Our Public Universities Are Not in Good Health
College tuition has become increasingly expensive over the years, and has reached the point where scholars today have had their education compromised or even cut short by impending tuition costs. Based on … Continue reading The Cost of Student Loans and their Debts
Crushing, inescapable student debt is a national crisis that no one seems to be in any hurry to address—no one, that is, except Northeastern University in Boston, which is texting alumni with … Continue reading Northeastern University Offers Alumni a Fucked Up Student Debt Lottery
Student debt is big business for the banks, and it’s fucking us all over. This article is so depressing. It’s high time people wake up to what is happening to us all … Continue reading How the Banks Stole Higher Education | VICE
If it sounds terrifying, that’s because it is. Paul Aker, 48, tells the New York Daily News and a local Fox broadcast affiliate that a coterie of heavily armed US Marshals showed … Continue reading The Feds Are Now Arresting People for Not Paying Their Student Loans
Over one-third of the $1.2 trillion in student debt—or nearly $420 billion—is currently held by those 40 or older. Older Americans in particular who struggle to pay off loan debt do not … Continue reading Bankruptcy’s Student Loan Exception Hurts Elders | Demos
