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Student Loan Refinancing Could Help More Americans Buy Homes
With student loan debt at an all-time high, young adults are finishing their degrees with debt sums equivalent to a down payment on a house.
Posted Monday, June 17, 2013 by Anya Callahan
300 Million Engines of Growth: Growing the Middle Class Through Education
This week, the Center for American Progress issued a report titled “300 Million Engines of Growth” that presents a plan for improving future American economic prospects.
Posted Monday, June 17, 2013 by Anna Perina
Young Borrowers Swarm Capitol Hill, Urge Congress #DontDoubleMyRate—Again [STORIFY]
See picture, social media and coverage of #SDD13.
Posted Wednesday, June 12, 2013 by Amir Salehzadeh
On the Hill, Students Tell Their Debt Stories
Students shared their personal debt stories with members of Congress during Student Debt Day 2013.
Posted Tuesday, June 11, 2013 by Greg Young
My Student Debt Day: The Power of Lobbying
You don’t have to be a professional lobbyist to lobby.
Posted Tuesday, June 11, 2013 by Amir Salehzadeh
College Students Take Capitol Hill for Student Debt Day
But Congress is still slow to act.
Posted Tuesday, June 11, 2013 by Robert Fisher
Warren On Student Loans: “Test Of Whether We Can Organize Something At The Grassroots”
Sen. Warren partnered with MoveOn.Org to advocate for long-term solutions to student debt.
Posted Monday, June 10, 2013 by Greg Young
Experts Agree, Student Loan Borrowers Need More Options
Hear from experts around the country who also support a more fair method of student loan repayment.
Posted Monday, June 10, 2013 by Lydia Fiser
#SDD13 Press Conference: Our Duty to Help Students
Four Senators gathered on Thursday to stress the importance of finding a solution to the student debt crisis.
Posted Monday, June 10, 2013 by Taylor Nicolas
#DontDoubleMyRate 2013 Twitter Table
Want to tell Congress #DontDoubleMyRate? Use our Twitter tool to make it easy!
Posted Tuesday, June 4, 2013
What Would the Student-Loan Interest Rate Increase Mean for Your State?
How will YOU be affected? See our state-by-state analysis here.
Posted Tuesday, June 4, 2013 by Brian Stewart & Abraham White
Share Your #DontDoubleMyRate Story
Tell us why keeping the interest rate on student loans low is important to you, or how letting the interest rate double would impact you!
Posted Monday, June 3, 2013
Obama Urges Student Loan Borrowers To Push For Steady Interest Rates
President Obama urges young people to keep the pressure on Congress to prevent the Stafford loan rates from doubling July 1.
Posted Monday, June 3, 2013 by Naima Ramos-Chapman
How Do Undocumented Youth Pay for College?
More than 65,000 undocumented students graduate from high school every year, but only 5 to 10 percent attend college, due to the costs of higher education.
Posted Friday, May 31, 2013 in Reporting by Anna Perina
Yes, You Can Go To College and Not End Up With Crushing Debt
To address student debt, a bold idea from the Education Trust: revamp the entire financial aid system to reroute tuition aid to student from middle- to low-income families.
Posted Friday, May 31, 2013 in Opinions by Michael Dannenberg and Mary Nguyen
When Student Debt Becomes A Life-Long Haunt
Education debt impacts older generations of borrowers, too.
Posted Friday, May 31, 2013 by Emily Crockett
Student Debt: Bad for Teachers, Bad for Kids
Low wages and high debt are a drag not just on teachers, but on the entire education system.
Posted Wednesday, May 29, 2013 by Chris Lewis
At Commencement, How Obama Got it Wrong on Race
While the Obamas opened lines of communication to young black grads during their commencement speeches at Morehouse and Bowie State Universities, they also revisited some troubling and tired rhetoric.
Posted Tuesday, May 28, 2013 in Opinions by Bridget Todd
Proposals to Bring Student Loan Interest Rates Under Control
Interest rates on federal subsidized Stafford student loans are set to double July 1 from 3.4. percent to 6.8 percent. See how the various short- and long-term proposals to prevent the hike compare.
Posted Tuesday, May 28, 2013 by Tobin Van Ostern with David A. Bergeron
