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The U.S. Department of Education is making debt-collection companies rich as it seeks to collect repayment of wayward student loans.
As a record number of borrowers default on their student loans, a new poll shows that those who haven’t paid off their loans want their lenders to forgive the debt.…
Share this Image On Your Site, please include attribution to debt.org Chart Your Way Through the College Financial Aid Process If you’re wondering what FAFSA stands for — or could just…
Communities all around the United States, concerned with the long-term effects of an aging population and a steady decline in inhabitants, are trying something a little different this year to…
Student loan debt and delinquencies have grown at such an alarming rate over the past couple of years that Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., was prompted to introduce legislation in an…
In an effort to help jump-start the economy, generate jobs and lend a helping hand to college graduates facing tough financial times, Democratic Rep. Hansen Clarke of Michigan drafted an…
More than four million borrowers have defaulted on student loans, but if they’re hoping bankruptcy will bail them out, they better have a Plan B. The majority of consumer debt…
The results are troubling for economists. In a country riddled with consumer debt — the next generation of American consumers, college students, seem to be following in their parents’ footsteps,…
It came down to the wire, but Congress finally voted to help out millions of current and former college students who have accumulated up to $1 trillion in student loans.…
The demand for doctors and nurses in the United States is extremely high, but so is the cost of education for both professions. More than 76% of the 2016 medical…