US student debt
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Former Obama voters on his final State of the Union: too little, too lateViewers who once supported president have moved to opposite ends of political spectrum, some backing Bernie Sanders as others turn to Donald Trump
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Bernie Sanders: free public college tuition is the 'right thing to do'The Democratic presidential candidate wrote that student debt crisis is ‘absurd’ and income should not prevent anyone from getting higher education
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I lived on $6 a day with a 6-year-old and a baby on the way. It was extreme povertyThere’s a certain hopelessness in living at this level of poverty that I had to fight daily to overcome
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Want to lower your child's college bill? Tell him to live at home – or stop eatingTalk of the skyrocketing cost of tuition at America’s colleges and universities distracts from an equally pressing issue: rapidly rising room and board fees
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New plan makes it easier for US college students to apply for federal aidObama administration hopes to help ‘hundreds of thousands’ pay for college under new rules for Fafsa, which many say is needlessly complex
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Student debt: how states are working to ease the crisis on their ownWith proposals from the president and 2016 candidates on hold, states like Rhode Island and Tennessee – as well as colleges themselves – are taking action
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Hillary Clinton attacks Scott Walker for his 'delight' over education funding cutsThe Democratic frontrunner picks out her latest target in the GOP field, chiding the Wisconsin governor for his proposed $300m cut to his state’s college system
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College affordability in 2016: debt-free v tuition-free, explainedSure, Hillary Clinton has a plan to make college affordable, but will it really be free? And how much is it going to cost government and universities – and voters?
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Clinton takes debt-free higher education from progressive dream to mainstreamActivists call candidate’s so-called college compact ‘ambitious’ but families would still have to cover some costs, unlike in Bernie Sanders’ proposed bill
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Canadian company allows students to use frequent flyer miles to pay tuitionHigherEdPoints has partnered with Air Canada’s loyalty program to help ease students’ loan burdens with both their own and friends’ and families’ miles
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Will college pay off? The answer depends on the alternativesThe burden of student loans may cripple your attempts to build a life for yourself or contribute to the broader economy but before you leap, weigh these options
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Class of 2015: women are still making less than men – and prospects are poorYoung female college graduates are expected to make $3 less an hour than male counterparts – and all this year’s graduates face a struggle for good jobs, report finds
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Democrats look to make debt-free college the key campaign issue of 2016Nine Democratic senators have come out in support of debt-free four-year public colleges, adding pressure on potential presidential candidates to do the same
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Corinthian Colleges shuts down all 28 remaining campuses after $30m fineThe company said it was working with other educational institutions by coordinating to accept students’ transcripts
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'We won't pay': students in debt take on for-profit college institutionNathan Hornes and others sought degrees from Everest, a Corinthian subsidiary, which is now in court as team of former students fight back
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Parents on 529 college savings plans: 'It will help and I'm happy we did it'President Obama wanted to end tax breaks on popular 529 college savings plans before backing off the idea. Guardian readers tell us why the plan was a bad one
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My bank erased my $60,000 student loanSo many students wish for some act of God to wipe out their huge debt burdens. What happens when that dream comes true? No regrets
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College students are hopeless at estimating their student loansAbout 28% of students with federal student loans said that they had no student debt. To recover its money, the US government garnishes wages, federal tax refunds and social security benefits of those who default
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College student wins case forcing estranged parents to pay her tuitionParents find it increasingly difficult to help children pay for college tuition. So where does that leave them?
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I beat Sallie Mae at the student loan game – but nobody should face financial ruin for an educationStefanie Gray: The loan giant preyed on my poverty, hounded me, slapped me with unethical fees, took me to court ... and then lost. None of it should have happened
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Uber introduces new Scholar program to help drivers manage their student loansCab company quietly rolled out its ‘student debt assistance program’ in DC to get more drivers to work certain shifts
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Georgia debt collectors posed as FBI agents to intimidate victims into making payments
US money blog Georgia debt collectors posed as FBI agents to intimidate victims into making payments
A ring of scam artists from Georgia face criminal charges for alleged harassment of 6,000 Americans into making payments on debt that sometimes did not exist -
You are not a loan: it's time to bring student debt down to zeroAstra Taylor: The entire structure of financing higher education is broken. Superficial reform in Washington means nothing until we make tuition ... free
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The price of a well-educated workforceLetters: Fees at universities in England are already as high as anywhere comparable in the world
Millennials: the trials of Generation Y The US cities luring millennials with promises to pay off their student debts