Government Student Loans - Financial Aid News & ResourcesIf you are going to watch one single documentary about higher education in the United States, you can do no better than CNN's 'Ivory Tower'. Is College Worth It? That's the question Director Andrew Rossi sets out to answer. The points made in this documentary are nuanced, and the answers are many.
Of all the pieces of legislation that came about to help dig America out of the Great Depression, none had a greater impact than the Social Security Act. This single piece of legislation and subsequent amendments expanding the eligible number of recipients dramatically rewrote the social compact between the federal government and the citizens it governs.
Government Student Loans News & Opinion Articles |  | Tue Mar 10, 2015 | reuters.com
President Barack Obama is slated to speak to students at Georgia Tech on Tuesday about how he wants to make the process of repaying student loans easier to understand and... |
|  | Thu Sep 25, 2014 | huffingtonpost.com
I am 23 years old. I've got $60,000 in debt from student loans. I make around $10 an hour working as a cook, and I live off of about $20 a week after I cover rent and other... |
|  | Wed Sep 24, 2014 | motherjones.com
Imagine corporations that intentionally target low-income single mothers as ideal customers. Imagine that these same companies claim to sell tickets to the American... |
|  | Thu Sep 11, 2014 | vox.com
Student debt isn't just a problem for Millennials. It's increasingly common — though still very rare — among the elderly, who have $18.2 billion in student debt, according... |
|  | Wed Aug 20, 2014 | rollingstone.com
Senator Elizabeth Warren is advancing her fight for middle-class families with a legislative agenda focused on college affordability and student debt. |
|  | Thu Jul 24, 2014 | thedailybeast.com
Legislation designed to prevent for-profit colleges from gaming the federal aid system and exploiting veterans died within 15 minutes of being introduced earlier this... |
|  | Wed May 28, 2014 | slate.com
Barack Obama’s plan for a universal rating system for America’s colleges and universities, announced last year and the subject of a New York Times front-pager this week, is... |
|  | Wed May 21, 2014 | huffingtonpost.com
Seven borrowers who had been paying their Sallie Mae student loans on time for years were unexpectedly threatened with asset seizures after a Sallie Mae contractor demanded... |
|  | Fri May 09, 2014 | motherjones.com
Democrats plan to use a student loan bill introduced Tuesday by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) as a wedge issue in the 2014 midterm elections, forcing Republican... |
|  | Fri Apr 18, 2014 | america.aljazeera.com
The GI Bill, passed in 1944, has played an important role in building the American middle class by giving millions of veterans a chance to attend college. It is a hallowed... |
Student Loans Videos |  | Sat May 24, 2014
'Tis the season for college graduates to turn the tassel. Although it can be an exciting time, many... |
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Student Loan Debt now reaches 1.2 Trillion dollars as students continue to default and tuition's rise.... |
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Senator Elizabeth Warren spoke on the Senate floor on February 12, 2014 about the student loan debt... |
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Calling higher education an "economic imperative," President Barack Obama is pushing for a new rating... |
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In order to control soaring costs for higher education, President Barack Obama announced a new... |
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Student loan debt is now greater than Americans' collective credit card debt, and while Congress is... |
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Greg Gottesman is a Managing Director of Madrona Venture Group, a leading venture capital firm based in... |
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Senator Stabenow speaks on the Senate floor about the importance of keeping higher education affordable... |
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Senator Warren Introduces the Bank on Students Loan Fairness Act, her first piece of stand-alone... |
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Are you unsure about the loan repayment process or wondering when you need to begin making loan payments?... |
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In his second report this week on student lending, economics correspondent Paul Solman examines the... |
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Americans owe $1 trillion in student loan debt. How did that happen, and what's the impact on the... |
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