The Student Loan Crisis That Isn't About Kids at Harvard

Daily BeastThe Student Loan Crisis That Isn't About Kids at HarvardDaily BeastEighty-two percent of Americans support providing lower-cost student loans for college education, and giving students more time to pay them off. In fact, these ideas received the most support of any issue surveyed in an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll ...

Millennials' best investment is paying student loans

Boston GlobeMillennials' best investment is paying student loansBoston GlobeNEW YORK — Those in the millennial generation began their adult lives by witnessing one of the greatest financial crashes in history. It would be unsurprising, therefore, if millennials avoided the stock market, much as their grandparents did after ...

Student Loans: What Debt Dies With The Deceased, Which Debt Lives On?

Business 2 CommunityStudent Loans: What Debt Dies With The Deceased, Which Debt Lives On?Business 2 CommunityEvery few months in the news we hear stories about family members who are left with the student loan debt of their deceased children and partners. The story typically goes like this… they co-sign on a loan, and then a death leaves them believing the ...

Uber introduces new Scholar program to help drivers manage their student loans

The Guardian (blog)Uber introduces new Scholar program to help drivers manage their student loansThe Guardian (blog)No, we aren't talking about Uber for student loans. But the app that connects drivers with potential passengers has encouraged its partner drivers to sign up for an app called Tuition.io, which helps them track their student loans, interests and payments.

3 Key Moments in the History of Student Loans

Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)3 Key Moments in the History of Student LoansChronicle of Higher Education (subscription)Given the chance to start from scratch, it's hard to imagine that anyone would design the student-loan system we have today. There's a lot of complexity. Students can borrow through several different federal loan programs, and when those loans come due ...

3 Things I Wish I Knew Before Taking Out Student Loans

Credit.com News (blog)3 Things I Wish I Knew Before Taking Out Student LoansCredit.com News (blog)Student loans can be a necessity. They can also be a way out of a more difficult semester or year. In my case, I thought I needed a loan, but in hindsight I see that I didn't. In personal finance my eternal truth is this: If you can't afford it, you ...

Take out a student loan to help build credit?

USA TODAYTake out a student loan to help build credit?USA TODAYFor most college students, figuring out how best to build a good credit score is confusing. You probably know that you should start using credit as soon as possible, but what that exactly means isn't always clear. Case in point: If you and your family ...

Student Loan Debt a Rapidly Growing Burden for Affluent Grads

DailyFinanceStudent Loan Debt a Rapidly Growing Burden for Affluent GradsDailyFinance'Group of college students in the university amphitheatre, they are sitting and doing an skynesher More than two out of three college graduates now leave school with student loan debt. And the debt they carry out of school these days -- a median of ...

ForbesNo-Loan Policies at Top Colleges Quell Student DebtForbesHarvard, Princeton, Stanford, and University of Pennsylvania all have one thing in common. No, not just that they're all top tier universities, and no, Stanford is not considered an Ivy League university. Rather all four universities share a no-loan ...

The Real Student Debt Problem No One is Talking About

TIMEThe Real Student Debt Problem No One is Talking AboutTIMEThe Best Colleges for Your Money · 6 Ways for New Grads to Tackle Their Student Loans. An Army veteran, Anthony Manfre paid for his associate's and bachelor's degrees mostly with his GI Bill benefits, although he also took out $4,000 worth of student ...

The Real Student Debt Problem No One is Talking About

TIMEThe Real Student Debt Problem No One is Talking AboutTIMEThat's because Manfre went on to graduate school, picking up a master's degree before setting off on the long road to a doctorate in marriage and family therapy while borrowing to also pay his living expenses. And now he's $200,000 in debt. “In the ...

5 Ways I Avoided Student Loans

Credit.com News (blog)5 Ways I Avoided Student LoansCredit.com News (blog)If you want to avoid student loans, one of the best ways to do so is to spend as little as possible while you're in school. Some people do this by living at home. Studies say that this can save up to $25,000 over the course of a degree. While I wasn't ...

An overview of top education loan schemes

Moneycontrol.comAn overview of top education loan schemesMoneycontrol.comWith education prices escalating with each year passing by, many parents have been exploring the educational loan tool to make sure their children get the best and their financial status does not bring any hindrance to their goals. Let us look at ...

Five tips for grads tackling student loans

Albuquerque JournalFive tips for grads tackling student loansAlbuquerque JournalGraduates cheer during last spring's commencement ceremony at the University of Georgia in Athens, Ga. University students who graduated in spring and used loans to pay for their education will face their first bill in coming weeks as the six-month ...