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Student Loan Debt Spirals at For-Profit Colleges (Page 1 of 2)

Despite the publicity in recent years surrounding an ostensible “student loan crisis” that has saddled a generation of college students and their parents with overwhelming amounts of student loan debt, a large number of college students are actually graduating with

Rising Default Rates on Student Loans Stir Concerns

New data from the U.S. Department of Education show that 2008 was a bad year to graduate from college in terms of student loan defaults. According to the Education Department, 7 percent of the class of 2008 has defaulted on

Private Student Loans Set to Stage a Major Comeback (Page 1 of 2)

Industry analysts speculate that the volume of private student loans, which had dropped in 2008-09 and 2009-10, is poised to make a comeback as federal funding for education declines, especially among private, for-profit institutions.Recent governmental analysis has shown that about