27 Jan, 2012 [ (0) Comment ]
Unemployed Grads Upset With Sallie Mae’s Late Payment Fees
More than 50,000 people have signed a petition on the...
14 Jan, 2012 [ (0) Comment ]
Student loans might be emanate in presidential race
Outstanding student loan debt -- which exceeds $1 trillion, more than what Americans owe on credit cards -- is likely to be a major political issue this election year as students and their parents question the rising cost and value of a college education.
In Occupy Wall Street encampments around the...
13 Jan, 2012 [ (0) Comment ]
Private tyro loans a tough bulb to crack
Last October, President Obama announced a broad initiative to provide relief for college graduates struggling to repay student loans. In a speech at the University of Colorado in Denver, Obama said the plan will lower monthly payments for 1.6 million borrowers.
Jessica Fernandez won’t be one of them.
Fernandez, 29,...
8 Jan, 2012 [ (0) Comment ]
Why Paying Student Loans With Credit Cards Is a Bad Idea
Student loan debt and credit card debt rank as two of the highest forms of consumer debt in the United States. Outstanding debt from student loans surpassed debt from credit cards for the first time ever last year and now stands ready to eclipse the $1 trillion...
21 Dec, 2011 [ (0) Comment ]
Read This Before Signing for Student Loans
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8 Dec, 2011 [ (0) Comment ]
Don’t compensate your college debt: NYU highbrow urges protest of tyro loans
...5 Dec, 2011 [ (0) Comment ]
I Said No to My Student Loan: One Borrower’s Decision to Stop Paying
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Why Student Loans Are Riskier Bets
By MATT WIRZ
Ask hedge fund manager Daniel Ades about the future for recent college graduates and he likes to draw a picture, a very ugly picture. He sketches out a bell curve mapping the historical default rate...
6 Nov, 2011 [ (0) Comment ]
For struggling graduates, assistance with tyro loans
NEW YORK — There's a legitimate way to shrink those student loan payments.
In coming weeks, the most recent crop of graduates will start receiving their monthly...
