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Joe Mihalic wasn’t thinking at all about how he was going to pay off student loans — which would end up totaling $101,000 — when he was accepted to Harvard Business School.

Whistleblower: Loan consolidation — for a fee – Minneapolis Star Tribune

Instead of leaving you to track down student scholarships or fill out FAFSA forms yourself, companies will eagerly do it for you for a fee. Now, thousands of Minnesotans saddled with student debt are companies’ latest targets: For a cost, they’ll consolidate your federal loans for you

Graduating collegians cope with student debt in a weak economy – Los Angeles Times

College graduation is typically a time to tally accomplishments and to look ahead. But for many graduates, it is also a time to tally student loans and figure out how to repay them.About two-thirds of college graduates have some student loans to pay off, and their average debt is about $25,000 to $28,700, according to estimates by education experts and organizations. (About 10% of those with loans owe more than $50,000 or so.)Many college seniors say they had not thought much about their debt until they received summaries just before graduation

Best-Kept Secrets Of Student Loan Borrowing – Huffington Post

By: Robyn Gee Story after story about college students graduating with mountains of debt permeate the news every day.

Crowdsourcing the Student Loan Mess – Huffington Post (blog)

For the record, I am not now, nor have I ever been, a member of the Hitler Youth.

Student Loan Debt Collector Gets Paid $454000 In Taxpayer Money – Huffington Post

Debt collectors may have a worse reputation in the eyes of the public than members of Congress, ambulance-chasing lawyers and even sleazy tabloid journalists.

Lipscomb graduate business program finds innovative way to combat student loan … – MarketWatch (press release)

NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 17, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — With the student loan debt crisis heating up, Lipscomb University’s College of Business has found an innovative solution for prospective graduate business students. According to the Foundation for Economic Education, the total national student debt is nearly $1 trillion with the average college graduate owing more than $25,000 on student loans. Universities are developing solutions to help students obtain undergraduate and graduate degrees that do not add to a student’s debt load

How to repay $120k in student loans – MSN Money

This post comes from Eric Bell at partner site Credit.com. In less than a month, I will graduate from my MBA program at Georgetown University with more than $120,000 in student loans at 7% interest. Six months after graduation, my grace period will end, and I will have to start repaying more than $1,000 per month.

As student loans grow, so does university leadership pay – Fortune (blog)

Congratulations! You’re in debt. FORTUNE – For all the flak Wall Street gets over excessive pay, it’s only fair to take a closer look at compensation at America’s universities. The topic deserves attention, as the rise in student debt forces colleges to confront soaring costs.

Grad School: Higher Degrees of Debt – Smartmoney.com

Graduate school, a path to higher learning and potentially higher income, increasingly lands students in higher debt brackets. But while Congress searches for ways to alleviate the loan burden for undergrads, experts say little attention is being paid to master’s students