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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
Why Gas Credit Cards Are No Longer Second-Rate
It used to be that gas credit cards were the credit cards you applied for when you needed to improve your credit history. Nowadays, that’s no longer the case. Gone is the era when all gas credit cards offered was
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
504: the SBAs Shining Star (Page 1 of 2)
The U.S. Small Business Ad-ministrations (SBA) loan programs have garnered much criticism over the years. Some complaints may have been warranted in the past, but these days, the SBA is different. Increased accountability and newly implemented efficiencies are a terrific
Minn. Survey Shows Impact of Recession on Student Loan Debt (Page 1 of 2)
The Minnesota State University Student Association has released the results of a survey it issued in September 2010 to help assess the impact of student loan debt on its members. Because the surveys number of responses is small — just