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Shahien Nasiripour

New Bill Would Jumpstart Student Loan Refinancings

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.20.2013 | Politics

Debtors with high interest rates on their federal student loans would refinance into cheaper loans under proposed legislation to be unveiled this week...

What Can I Do About My Overwhelming Student Loan Debt?

Steve Rhode | Posted 05.14.2013 | Business
Steve Rhode

Huffington Post Reader Question Dear Steve, I borrowed about 130,000 for my education.. :( I don't know why it was so much, but I did study aboard, ...

Twitter Hates Sallie Mae

The Huffington Post | Jermaine Spradley | Posted 05.13.2013 | Black Voices

A relatively innocuous tweet by student loan giant Sallie Mae caused an eruption of disdain and hate on Twitter Monday. The nation's leading educa...

Shahien Nasiripour

Financial Docs Show Universities Are Huge Investors In Student Loan Industry

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.10.2013 | Politics

University endowments and teachers’ pension funds are among big investors in Sallie Mae, the private lender that has been generating enormous profit...

Shahien Nasiripour

Consumer Agency Calls For Student Debt Relief

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.08.2013 | Business

Households struggling under the weight of student debt burdens moved one step closer to a lifeline Wednesday, after the federal consumer regulator sug...

Will I Ever Get My Money from the Sallie Mae Class Action Lawsuit? -- Vicki

Steve Rhode | Posted 05.07.2013 | Business
Steve Rhode

Question "Dear Steve, I have student loans with Sallie Mae and was notified of a Class Action suit against them because of excessive cell phone call...

I Don't Want to Grow up

Kate Gale | Posted 04.25.2013 | College
Kate Gale

We Americans want everything: Empire without consequences. Food without fat. School without debt. Class without style. We need to wake up and think about consequences and grow a conscience, but in the meantime, I'm still working on my student loans.

Calling Out the Corporate Charade

Sarita Gupta | Posted 04.17.2013 | Business
Sarita Gupta

Shareholder season is upon us, marking the beginning of another round of corporate America's dog-and-pony shows held to placate their cronies and pat each other on the back for another profitable year.

How to Fix the Student Loan Crisis (for Real This Time)

Adam Levin | Posted 02.11.2013 | Home
Adam Levin

It's time to return student loans to the discipline of the free market. Only then can tomorrow's graduates enjoy the futures they've been promised.

Catherine New

Student Loan Servicing Complaints Are 'Early Warning'

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 10.16.2012 | Home

The private student loan industry smells a lot like the subprime mortgage industry: Dead ends, runarounds and few live customer service representative...

Mother Stuck With Huge Tax Bill For Dead Son's Student Debt

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 09.26.2012 | College

A mother in Maryland is stuck with a $14,000 tax bill from the Internal Revenue Service for her deceased son's student loans. Roswell Friend, a Tem...

America's Student Debt Crisis

Kyle McCarthy | Posted 10.14.2012 | College
Kyle McCarthy

At a time when funding for education is being slashed at all levels, the lenders are flush with cash as our leaders stand idly by, refusing to do anything about this ever-growing problem.

It's The Housing Crisis All Over Again

AP | DANIEL WAGNER | Posted 09.19.2012 | Home

WASHINGTON — Risky lending caused private student loan debt to balloon in the past decade, leaving many Americans struggling to pay off loans th...

Dorm Rooms Fall Victim To Rising College Costs

Reuters | Posted 09.15.2012 | Home

By Beth Pinsker Gladstone NEW YORK, July 16 (Reuters) - Even wealthy families are scrambling to cover rising college costs by borrowin...

Why You Shouldn't Jump At Low Interest Rates

AP | CANDICE CHOI | Posted 08.20.2012 | Home

NEW YORK — For college-bound students, the easy money seems to be everywhere. The website for Discover's student loans says it can help: "Cover...

An Open Letter to the CEO of Sallie Mae

Dina Gachman | Posted 08.06.2012 | College
Dina Gachman

I'm concerned for your well being as one of the "rich teams." I really mean it. It's just a simple scientific fact: people with too much wealth go crazy and lose their minds.

Under Media Pressure, Sallie Mae Forgives Dead Woman's Loan

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 08.08.2012 | Home

Even death is not enough to shake off student loan debt. One New Jersey family learned this in the most awful way imaginable. When Amanda Greenhal...

99% Spring Has Sprung: Shareholder Actions Underway Across the County

Mary Bottari | Posted 06.30.2012 | Business
Mary Bottari

The goal: to wrest control of our democracy back from the robber barons and CEOs that systematically block any effort to create an economy and a body politic that serves the needs of the vast majority of Americans and not the elite few.

Catherine New

It's Decision Day For High School Seniors

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 04.30.2012 | Home

Taylor Lee, 18, can't decide where to go to college. But by Tuesday she must make a final choice between the University of Miami, a private school...

Saki Knafo

Occupy, Obama Speak Out As National Student Loan Debt Hits $1 Trillion

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 04.25.2012 | Home

Among the couple hundred protesters who gathered in Union Square Wednesday then marched down Broadway, beating drums and holding signs, one wore a bla...

Zach Carter

Student Loan Reform Fight Broader For Obama Than Interest Rate Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 04.25.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- On Tuesday, congressional Democrats announced plans to introduce legislation that would extend the current low interest rates on governm...

Even After Bankruptcy, You Can't Get Rid Of Student Debt

AP | JUSTIN POPE | Posted 04.25.2012 | Home

-- The misfortunes that brought schoolteachers Devin and Sarah Stang and their four young children to bankruptcy – and the loss of their house ...

The Things We Do for... Rent Money

Dina Gachman | Posted 06.09.2012 | Home
Dina Gachman

Most of us have fantasized about winning the lotto or creating the next Angry Birds or Pet Rock so we can dump a Louis Vuitton bag of cash on the lawn of Sallie Mae headquarters and pay off our student loans, then set sail on a yacht to celebrate.

The High Cost of Nostalgia

Dina Gachman | Posted 05.27.2012 | Home
Dina Gachman

This brand of nostalgia feels much more real than the fleeting daydream of recess, as if twenty-two year olds truly do want to crawl back into their TVs and live safely tucked inside their favorite 80s sitcoms forever.

Deadbeat Nation: Why the Public Should Cut Off Wall Street's Credit

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.26.2012 | Politics
Richard (RJ) Eskow

The real debt in this nation is the one that bankers owe the rest of the country. And as long as our politicians are allowed to rescue banks while ignoring consumers, it's a debt that will continue to go unpaid. And it will continue to grow.