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

Student Loans And How They Will Affect Your Credit – San Francisco Chronicle

When it is time to go off to college, students are usually overwhelmed with the changes, including the idea of living on their own, their path of study, and if the college experience will change them. One thing that most students don’t consider is how their student loans will affect their credit.

What the student loan rate hike means – CNN

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — For student borrowers, that pricey college education is going to cost a bit more next year.

Student loans: Behave, banks tell staff – Times of India

KOCHI: Under fire from diverse sections of society over the suicide of nursing student Sruthi last month after being denied a loan by a leading private bank, top banking officials have been scrambling to salvage the situation. Senior officials of some public and private sector banks are understood to have issued circulars to their staff detailing the procedures and general etiquette to be followed while sanctioning educational loans, and instructed them not to stand on ceremony while clearing loan applications. The DGM of a leading national bank, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that his loan department has been told to ensure that the process of sanctioning funds for professional and higher studies is a pleasant experience for the applicant

Sallie Mae Introduces Fixed-Rate Private Education Loan – MarketWatch (press release)

NEWARK, Del., May 07, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Sallie Mae, the nation’s No.

Student loan changes ‘will force graduates overseas’ – Radio New Zealand

Updated at 8:18 am today Opposition MPs are critical of the Government’s planned changes to student loans and allowances, saying they will force graduates to leave the country. From next year, the Government will raise the minimum loan repayment rate from 10 to 12 cents in the dollar, stop allowances after four years’ study and freeze the parental income threshold for allowances for four years.

Most Student Loans Unaffected by Upcoming Increase in Rates – WLTX.com

Washington, DC (by Sandra Block/USA Today) — You know an issue has reached critical mass when it’s the topic of late-night comedian Jimmy Fallon’s “Slow Jam the News” segment, and none other than President Obama shows up to help. The subject of the slow jam?

Give college students a break on loan rates – Chicago Sun-Times

TERRY SAVAGE savage@suntimes.com April 29, 2012 10:58PM Student loan rates are involved in a congressional tug-of-war. | Kevork Djansezian~Getty Images Updated: April 30, 2012 2:16AM Once again Washington is playing politics with our future — both sides heating up an issue on which they basically agree but still want to play political games

Student Loans: Your 5-Step Plan to Pay Them Off – DailyFinance

Last month, Rohit Chopra, the student loan ombudsman for the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, told a Consumer Bankers Association conference that educational debt in this country now tops $1 trillion.That’s a problem in and of itself. But perhaps a bigger one — at least in the eyes of the parents of those debtors — is that grads aren’t well-equipped to manage this debt. In a recent survey from the nonprofit group Young Invincibles, two-thirds of student borrowers misunderstood or were surprised by aspects of their loans or the student-loan process.

Student loan debt seen as growing threat to the economy – The Herald | HeraldOnline.com

Move over, mortgages.