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The pros and cons of student loans are a hot topic for college administrators, students and parents as each side grapples with ways to absorb the soaring cost of…
Congress haggled over lowering the rates on federal student loans for months until reaching a final decision that President Barack Obama signed into law in early August. While the compromise…
Workers in the public sector, including teachers, law enforcement officers and soldiers, often sacrifice higher salaries or place their lives in danger in order to improve the well-being of others…
The Department of Education is nearing completion of its transfer of millions of federal student loans to a new set of loan servicers, but the process did not come without…
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday ended a prolonged debate in Congress with an overwhelming 392-31 vote supporting the Senate’s plan to rework student loan interest rates. The Bipartisan…
The U.S. Senate late Wednesday reached another deal to reset student loan interest rates, but it is unclear when that proposal will reach the floor for a vote. Interest rates…
U.S. Sens. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and 21 other senators sent a letter to the Secretary of State and officials at the Federal Trade Commission and the Consumer…
The United States Senate on Wednesday failed to reverse the recent doubling of interest rates to 6.8 percent on millions of new federally subsidized student loans. While the measure to…
The American Dream is the ideal where parents work hard so they can own a home, send their kids to college and watch them grow up into happy and fiscally…
Did you get through college on federal loans or private loans? If you are among the 67 percent of students who needed a loan to pay for a college education,…