Articles Tagged with Student Loans

Quadruplets Start College In The Fall: Tuition Times Four

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Brooklyn, NY – The Sciannantena quadruplets will be starting college in the fall. The four teen girls will graduate from Bishop Kearney High School in New York in June and will be ready for college the immediate fall. The expenses with attending college, attaining a higher education and degree, can be expensive for one person…. Read more »

Looming Student Loans Crisis Mirrors Subprime Mortgage Bubble, Study Warns

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Student loans are pegged as the next big financial crisis coming down the pike towards an already over-leveraged, over-strapped and overly-in-debt American populace, and a new study reveals that the shape of the supposedly-coming crisis is not all too different from the last devastating debt debacle, the mortgage crisis. Student loans loom large over young… Read more »

Unemployment: 1 in 2 New Graduates Either Jobless Or Underemployed

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The Associated Press reports that a weak labor market has already left 50% of young college graduates either underemployed or without a job entirely. The 2012 graduated college class is expected to have a tough time in the U.S. job market. Those recent graduates with bachelor’s degrees are increasingly finding themselves in low-earning occupations such… Read more »

More Parents Seeking Student Loans For Grade School, Kindergarten

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Student loan debts have recently exceeded $1 trillion dollars. But college tuition isn’t the only educational burden. A new study shows that more parents are taking out loans to make sure that their children can go to the best private grade schools and kindergartens. Kristen Power, the northeast regional director for the National Association of… Read more »

Student Loan Forgiveness Act Could Help Unfreeze Economic Growth

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Student loan forgiveness is a pretty sensitive topic right now- with some people strongly advocating a kinder, gentler approach to student loans, while others feel that no matter how oppressive, loans should be paid back as they were originally termed in order to teach borrowers “responsibility.” However, the one most visible part of the student… Read more »