March 30, 2012, 12:05 AM
As the cost of higher education continues to increase and federal and private student debt nears the $1 trillion mark, lawmakers and regulators are zeroing in on private student loans. A bill introduced by state Senate Majority Leader Ellen Corbett, D-San Leandro, and advanced this week...
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August 8, 2011, 12:05 AM
A new report finds that it's taking increasingly more student debt to produce a degree in this country – meaning that while students are collectively paying more for an education, the nation's colleges and universities aren't producing a proportionate increase in degrees and...
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October 22, 2010, 12:05 AM
College students are graduating with higher debt levels at a time when the economy offers fewer jobs for them to choose from, according to a new report. Students who graduated in 2009 carried an average of $24,000 in student loan debt, a 6 percent increase from the previous year, while...
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January 22, 2010, 5:00 AM
A new rule proposed this week by the U.S. Department of Education aims to make sure students who go to vocational schools take on only as much debt as they can reasonably afford considering their earnings after graduation, Inside Higher Ed reports. The rule takes aim at some for-profit schools...
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