Sallie Mae Forgives Dead Student’s Debt After Media Attention – Huffington Post
Even death is not enough to shake off student loan debt.
Read MoreProtect student loans – MiamiHerald.com
Like many disputes in Congress, the standoff involving a hike in student loan rates is deeply partisan. Unlike some others, this one carries high stakes. It directly affects the pocketbooks of millions of households in South Florida and throughout the country with one or more students receiving subsidized federal loans to get a college education
Read MoreDebt dilemma: Students feel squeeze as loan figures rise – Chicago Tribune
NORMAL — When Marshawana Martin started classes at Illinois State University last fall, she expected to have to borrow money, but not $7,000 for her first year. But the freshman from Chicago already is looking ahead.
Read MoreStudent Loan Defaults Are Growing – KCRA Sacramento
POSTED: 6:23 am PDT May 8, 2012UPDATED: 7:20 am PDT May 8, 2012SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) — Students tell KCRA 3 large loans are crushing their dreams and postponing major life events.Taking a break from one of his three jobs, Erik Bell explained why he dropped out of college six months before graduating from Bethany University.”I actually dropped out because I couldnt afford it,” Bell said.With $25,000 in student loans, Bell struggles to make the $200-a-month payment.”I dont know where that is going to come from.
Read MoreStudent loans not hot topic during Obama’s OSU visit – OSU – The Lantern
President Barack Obama did not address student loan interest rates in his speech at Ohio State, an issue he discussed at three other universities just days before Saturday’s speech. Obama kicked off his re-election campaign Saturday with the “Ready to Go” Rally at the Schottenstein Center where he addressed a crowd of about 14,000 people.
Read MoreRep. Kathy Hochul confronts student loan horror stories – Washington Post (blog)
Rep. Kathy Hochul (D-N.Y.) speaks on May 24, 2011 after winning a special election to represent New York’s 26th Congressional District
Read MoreStudent loan rates become campaign issue; area’s graduates struggle to pay – Naples Daily News
At stops in three swing states last month, President Barack Obama called on Congress to head off a scheduled doubling in federal Stafford loan rates, from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent.
Read MorePallone Discusses Student Loan Issues with Rutgers Students – Patch.com
Rutgers University sophomore Joseph Cashin, 19, of Marlton, knows that education is costly.
Read MoreBrown: Keep student loan rates low – 91.7 WVXU News
Columbus Dispatch Brown: Keep student loan rates low 91.7 WVXU News Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, is pushing legislation that would prevent interest rates on Stafford Loans to millions of college students from doubling on July 1. Brown came to the University of Cincinnati Thursday morning to meet with students who are ..
Read MoreSen. Nelson hears student loan laments – Ocala
Not only does University of Florida undergraduate Keira Thompson have student loans, but so does her mother. The 19-year-old political science and telecommunications major told U.S
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