student debt

Americans Are Drowning in $1.5 Trillion of Student Loan Debt. There’s One Easy Way Congress Could Help

By Sen. John Thune and Sen. Mark Warner

This 29-Year-Old Candidate Is Focused on Student Debt

By Charlotte Alter / Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Hillary Clinton Will Propose a 3-Month Halt on Student Loan Payments

By Daniel White

Why Hillary Clinton's Student Debt Idea Is Smart

By Rana Foroohar
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Hillary Clinton Talks Student Debt and the 'Cold Shoulder' With Lena Dunham

The Democratic hopeful gave an interview for the inaugural issue of Lenny, Dunham’s new feminist newsletter

By Denver Nicks

Hillary And Jeb Are In A Photoshop Battle On Twitter

The candidates (or their social media teams) argued about college affordability.

By Michal Addady / Fortune

Grad Students Face Debt Woes

Graduate students make up just 14% of university enrollment, but account for nearly 40% of student debt

By Jon Marcus

Five Best Ideas of the Day: November 7

1. Reimagining a Pentagon for the future in pictures: Group personnel by skills, streamline leadership, dump outdated regional commands.By Shawn Brimley and Paul Scharre with Valerio Pellegrini in Foreign Policy2. Innovators should cater new wearable...

By The Aspen Institute

Student Debt Is Crushing the Economy, Warren Says

Warren didn't touch the question of whether she would run in 2016

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

'Duke Porn Star': I Lost My Financial Aid

Instead of focusing on my decision to perform in porn to pay my tuition, let’s start paying attention to what got me here: artificially inflated demand for college that pushes tuitions sky high

By Miriam Weeks

Here's How Many Students Could Save $50,000 on College—But Aren't

More colleges are allowing students to finish up their four-year degrees in just three years. But only a tiny percentage of students are taking advantage.In 2012, Wesleyan University, an elite private college in Connecticut, became...

By Brad Tuttle

These March Madness Tickets Are Going for a Tiny Fraction of What They Should

College students can buy tickets for this weekend’s NCAA March Madness Final Four in Arlington, Texas, for just $40 apiece, a tiny fraction of the average seat price.Will students turn around and flip their seats...

By Brad Tuttle

Student Loans Fail the Simplicity Test

Promised fixes to the all-important FAFSA have not materialized years later, leaving students to navigate a maze of paperwork. About 45% of high school seniors don’t complete the form, according to the Education Department

By Laura M. Colarusso/The Hechinger Report
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