http://s.huffpost.com/images/HuffingtonPost_250x20.png tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2013:/tag/student-loans 2013-06-19T14:57:42Z Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/19/student-debt-congress-pet_n_3467087.html 2013-06-19T14:57:42Z 2013-06-19T14:57:44Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON -- A coalition of over 100 student body presidents, representing more than 1 million college students, will deliver a petition to lawmakers... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/interest-rates">Interest Rates</a>, <a href="/tag/college-affordability">College Affordability</a>, <a href="/tag/student-debt">Student Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/economy">Economy</a>, <a href="/tag/president-obama">President Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney">Mitt Romney</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loan-crisis">Student Loan Crisis</a>, <a href="/tag/jobs">Jobs</a>, <a href="/tag/obama">Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/democrats">Democrats</a>, <a href="/tag/student-lending">Student Lending</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loans">Student Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/romney">Romney</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loan-interest-rates">Student Loan Interest Rates</a>, <a href="/tag/politics">Politics</a>, <a href="/tag/student-debt-crisis">Student Debt Crisis</a>, <a href="/tag/college">College</a>, <a href="/tag/gop">Gop</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loan-interest-rate">Student Loan Interest Rate</a>, <a href="/tag/student-lenders">Student Lenders</a>, <a href="/tag/national-campus-leadership-council">National Campus Leadership Council</a>, <a href="/tag/republicans">Republicans</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/19/student-loans-proposal_n_3467070.html 2013-06-19T14:07:15Z 2013-06-19T14:07:17Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON &mdash; A bipartisan compromise on student loans started to take shape in the Senate on Wednesday linking interest rates to the financial m... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/obama-student-loans">Obama Student Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loans-proposal">Student Loans Proposal</a>, <a href="/tag/tom-coburn">Tom Coburn</a>, <a href="/tag/angus-king">Angus King</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loan-rates">Student Loan Rates</a>, <a href="/tag/president-barack-obama">President Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/obama">Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/joe-manchin">Joe Manchin</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loans">Student Loans</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/19/student-debt-graduates-income_n_3464924.html 2013-06-19T10:32:33Z 2013-06-19T10:32:35Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Student loan debt is eating up a sizable chunk of recent college graduates’ paychecks, according to a new Congressional report. And that's putting i... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/recent-college-graduates">Recent College Graduates</a>, <a href="/tag/recent-college-graduates-student-loan-debt">Recent College Graduates Student Loan Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/student-debt-graduates-income">Student Debt Graduates Income</a>, <a href="/tag/college-debt">College Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loan-debt">Student Loan Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loan-debt-income">Student Loan Debt Income</a>, <a href="/tag/average-student-loan-debt">Average Student Loan Debt</a>, <a href="/business">Business News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/18/student-loan-rates-poll_n_3461145.html 2013-06-18T17:27:38Z 2013-06-18T17:27:39Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ A vast majority of voters want Congress to maintain the interest rates on federal student loans at their current level or lower them, a poll released ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/federal-subsidized-student-loans">Federal Subsidized Student Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loan-interest-rates">Student Loan Interest Rates</a>, <a href="/tag/federal-student-loans">Federal Student Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/ppp">Ppp</a>, <a href="/tag/elizabeth-warren-student-loan-rates">Elizabeth Warren Student Loan Rates</a>, <a href="/tag/moveonorg">MoveOn.Org</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loan-rates">Student Loan Rates</a>, <a href="/tag/student-debt">Student Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/moveonorg-student-loans">moveon.org Student Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/elizabeth-warren-student-loans">Elizabeth Warren Student Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/majoring-in-debt">Majoring in Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/public-policy-poling">Public Policy Poling</a>, <a href="/tag/elizabeth-warren-interest-rates">Elizabeth Warren Interest Rates</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loans">Student Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loan-rates-poll">Student Loan Rates Poll</a>, <a href="/business">Business News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leo-w-gerard/america-feeds-the-rich_b_3450749.html 2013-06-17T08:08:05Z 2013-06-17T07:24:19Z Leo W. Gerard http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leo-w-gerard/ The Farm Bill that is expected to pass the U.S. House this week explains income inequality in America. The Republican-sponsored proposal slashes food stamps for poor children and pads farm subsidies for wealthy agri-businessmen. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/walmart">Walmart</a>, <a href="/tag/universal-studios">Universal Studios</a>, <a href="/tag/farm-bill">Farm Bill</a>, <a href="/tag/minimum-wage">Minimum Wage</a>, <a href="/tag/stephen-fincher">Stephen Fincher</a>, <a href="/tag/wall-street">Wall Street</a>, <a href="/tag/food-stamps">Food Stamps</a>, <a href="/tag/us-house-committee-on-education-and-the-workforce">U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce</a>, <a href="/tag/senate-republicans">Senate Republicans</a>, <a href="/tag/usw">Usw</a>, <a href="/tag/united-steelworkers">United Steelworkers</a>, <a href="/tag/medicare">Medicare</a>, <a href="/tag/farm-subsidies">Farm Subsidies</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loans">Student Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/house-republicans">House Republicans</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/9-ways-the-rights-cradle_b_3450862.html 2013-06-16T15:44:06Z 2013-06-16T15:44:06Z Richard (RJ) Eskow http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/ Born at the dawn of the Reagan era, Millennials were the first generation to be fully subjected to the all-out assault of the idea that we take care of each other in this country. Some of us are the parents of Millenials, and we wonder: who will fight with them, and for them? <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/gambling-addiction">Gambling Addiction</a>, <a href="/tag/organizing-for-action">Organizing for Action</a>, <a href="/tag/social-contract">Social Contract</a>, <a href="/tag/fathers-day">Fathers Day</a>, <a href="/tag/ronald-reagan">Ronald Reagan</a>, <a href="/tag/breastfeeding">Breastfeeding</a>, <a href="/tag/student-debt">Student Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/the-simpsons">The Simpsons</a>, <a href="/tag/life-of-julia">Life of Julia</a>, <a href="/tag/cradle-to-grave">Cradle to Grave</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loans">Student Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/william-bennett">William Bennett</a>, <a href="/tag/the-terminator">The Terminator</a>, <a href="/tag/a-nation-at-risk">A Nation at Risk</a>, <a href="/tag/margaret-thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a>, <a href="/tag/unemployment">Unemployment</a>, <a href="/tag/nanny-state">Nanny State</a>, <a href="/tag/college-loans">College Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/millenials">Millenials</a>, <a href="/tag/ayn-rand">Ayn Rand</a>, <a href="/tag/ayn-rand-school-for-tots">Ayn Rand School for Tots</a>, <a href="/tag/cyndi-lauper">Cyndi Lauper</a>, <a href="/tag/sallie-mae">Sallie Mae</a>, <a href="/tag/the-fountainhead">The Fountainhead</a>, <a href="/tag/bipartisanship">Bipartisanship</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/linnie-frank-bailey/washington-watch-week-20_b_3446851.html 2013-06-15T11:04:11Z 2013-06-16T02:17:17Z Linnie Frank Bailey http://www.huffingtonpost.com/linnie-frank-bailey/ Will GOP delaying tactics torpedo Immigration Reform? Will student loan interest rates be allowed to double? Will the 'stall' last until the 2014 mid-... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/immigration-reform">Immigration Reform</a>, <a href="/tag/linnie-frank-bailey">Linnie Frank Bailey</a>, <a href="/tag/msnbc">Msnbc</a>, <a href="/tag/essence-magazine">Essence Magazine</a>, <a href="/tag/immigration">Immigration</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loans">Student Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/black-voters">Black Voters</a>, <a href="/black-voices">Black Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-rhode/i-got-a-great-degree-i-ca_b_3447683.html 2013-06-15T17:00:11Z 2013-06-15T17:00:11Z Steve Rhode http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-rhode/ Huffington Post Reader Question<br /> <br /> Dear Steve,<br /> <br /> Went to Temple University and got a BS in Exercise Physiology. I owe Sallie Mae over $165,000 in loans,... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/chapter-13-bankruptcy">Chapter 13 Bankruptcy</a>, <a href="/tag/chapter-7-bankruptcy">Chapter 7 Bankruptcy</a>, <a href="/tag/how-to-get-out-of-debt">How to Get Out of Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/get-out-of-debt">Get Out of Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/bankruptcy">Bankruptcy</a>, <a href="/tag/temple-university">Temple University</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loans">Student Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/getting-out-of-debt">Getting Out of Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/business">Business News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simple-thrifty-living/5-money-talks-you-should-_b_3438411.html 2013-06-14T14:30:59Z 2013-06-14T14:31:02Z Simple. Thrifty. Living. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simple-thrifty-living/ If you have money conversations with your kids starting at a young age, it will be easier to teach them along the way. We've put together five essential money talks that you should be having with your kids during key developmental periods of their lives. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/mortgages">Mortgages</a>, <a href="/tag/credit">Credit</a>, <a href="/tag/money">Money</a>, <a href="/tag/kids">Kids</a>, <a href="/tag/loans">Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/teens">Teens</a>, <a href="/tag/credit-cards">Credit Cards</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loans">Student Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/parents">Parents</a>, <a href="/parents">Parents News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/preeti-vissa/forgive-all-student-loan_b_3429758.html 2013-06-12T14:39:33Z 2013-06-12T14:39:33Z Preeti Vissa http://www.huffingtonpost.com/preeti-vissa/ That a pile of debt is a burden on new grads is pretty obvious. Less obvious is that the student debt burden, now in excess of $1 trillion by some estimates, is beginning to be a drag on the economy. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/tarp">Tarp</a>, <a href="/tag/credit">Credit</a>, <a href="/tag/student-debt">Student Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loans">Student Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/students">Students</a>, <a href="/tag/homeownership">Homeownership</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-alderman/your-financial-life-after_b_3429123.html 2013-06-12T12:50:23Z 2013-06-12T12:59:13Z Jason Alderman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-alderman/ Let me share a few financial lessons I learned the hard way when I was just starting out. They might save you a lot of money in the long run and help you get closer to your life goals, whether it's buying a house, starting a family or even retiring early -- as far off as that may sound. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/income-based-repayment">Income-Based Repayment</a>, <a href="/tag/credit-report">Credit Report</a>, <a href="/tag/credit-score">Credit Score</a>, <a href="/tag/personal-budget">Personal Budget</a>, <a href="/tag/consumer-financial-protection-bureau">Consumer Financial Protection Bureau</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loans">Student Loans</a>, <a href="/college">College News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tavis-smiley/sen-elizabeth-warren-on-s_b_3418669.html 2013-06-10T21:56:00Z 2013-06-10T21:56:00Z Tavis Smiley http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tavis-smiley/ During my exclusive broadcast conversation with Sen. Elizabeth Warren tonight on PBS, she states, "We can't be a country that invests in big banks and won't invest in our students who want an education. Let's not call it postmortem just yet; let's call it we're still in the middle of the fight." <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/college-students">College Students</a>, <a href="/tag/tavis-smiley">Tavis Smiley</a>, <a href="/tag/elizabeth-warren">Elizabeth Warren</a>, <a href="/tag/senate">Senate</a>, <a href="/tag/education">Education</a>, <a href="/tag/student-debt-crisis">Student Debt Crisis</a>, <a href="/tag/tavis-smiley-show">Tavis Smiley Show</a>, <a href="/tag/big-banks-profits">Big Banks Profits</a>, <a href="/tag/united-states">United States</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loans">Student Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/students">Students</a>, <a href="/tag/big-banks">Big Banks</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/dc">DC News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-scott-d-miller/repaying-a-debt-that-soci_b_3415042.html 2013-06-10T16:57:46Z 2013-06-10T16:57:49Z Dr. Scott D. Miller http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-scott-d-miller/ The student loan crisis in America is reaching epidemic proportions, to the tune of a trillion dollars owed by students for the privilege of pursuing an affordable higher education. As with most complex issues, there is good news and bad. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/student-loan-crisis">Student Loan Crisis</a>, <a href="/tag/higher-education">Higher Education</a>, <a href="/tag/naicu">Naicu</a>, <a href="/tag/student-debt">Student Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loans">Student Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/cost-of-higher-education">Cost of Higher Education</a>, <a href="/tag/cost-of-college">Cost of College</a>, <a href="/tag/college-tuition">College Tuition</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loan-debt">Student Loan Debt</a>, <a href="/college">College News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-j-reid-jr/an-anchor-not-a-bubble-st_b_3405250.html 2013-06-10T16:29:28Z 2013-06-10T16:29:08Z Charles J. Reid, Jr. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-j-reid-jr/ Student loans are not like mortgages, for the simple reason that they are non-dischargeable in bankruptcy. They are not a bubble and cannot become one. What they can become is an anchor that is sinking the fortunes of an entire generation. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/loan-forgiveness">Loan Forgiveness</a>, <a href="/tag/elizabeth-warren">Elizabeth Warren</a>, <a href="/tag/neoconservatives">Neoconservatives</a>, <a href="/tag/public-values">Public Values</a>, <a href="/tag/higher-education">Higher Education</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loans">Student Loans</a>, <a href="/college">College News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/10/college-dropouts-study_n_3416141.html 2013-06-10T12:57:24Z 2013-06-10T12:57:47Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ -- It sounds like the worst of all worlds &ndash; borrowing money for college, then dropping out and facing the debt without a degree.<br /> <br /> But a new stu... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/the-hamilton-project">The Hamilton Project</a>, <a href="/tag/high-school-grads-pay">High School Grads Pay</a>, <a href="/tag/college-dropouts">College Dropouts</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loan-debt">Student Loan Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/college-grads-pay">College Grads Pay</a>, <a href="/tag/college-dropouts-study">College Dropouts Study</a>, <a href="/tag/college-pay-study">College Pay Study</a>, <a href="/business">Business News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-rhode/my-private-student-loan-d_b_3415792.html 2013-06-10T11:34:49Z 2013-06-10T11:34:49Z Steve Rhode http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-rhode/ Huffington Post Reader Question<br /> <br /> Hi Steve,<br /> <br /> Like many others who have written you, I come with a question regarding private student loans. <br /> <br /> Between m... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/chapter-13-bankruptcy">Chapter 13 Bankruptcy</a>, <a href="/tag/sallie-mae">Sallie Mae</a>, <a href="/tag/get-out-of-debt">Get Out of Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/bankruptcy">Bankruptcy</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loans">Student Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/private-student-loan-debt">Private Student Loan Debt</a>, <a href="/business">Business News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/10/college-degrees-best-value_n_3414643.html 2013-06-10T10:06:32Z 2013-06-10T10:06:36Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Getting a college degree is an investment in yourself. But like all investments, some have a better return than others. With about 37 million U.S. bor... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/college-loans">College Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/college-degrees-best-value">College Degrees Best Value</a>, <a href="/tag/college-degrees-worst-value">College Degrees Worst Value</a>, <a href="/tag/degree-value">Degree Value</a>, <a href="/tag/best-value-college-degrees">Best Value College Degrees</a>, <a href="/tag/college-debt">College Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loans">Student Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loan-debt">Student Loan Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/college-degree">College Degree</a>, <a href="/business">Business News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/patricia-mcguire/moral-bankruptcy-on-student-loans_b_3411702.html 2013-06-09T14:57:44Z 2013-06-09T14:57:48Z Patricia McGuire http://www.huffingtonpost.com/patricia-mcguire/ Congress should be ashamed of itself for imposing more barriers to college access and completion because of its perverse inability to make any good decisions these days. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/pell-grants">Pell Grants</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loan-interest-rates">Student Loan Interest Rates</a>, <a href="/tag/federal-financial-aid">Federal Financial Aid</a>, <a href="/tag/us-senate">U.S. Senate</a>, <a href="/tag/federal-student-loans">Federal Student Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/college-costs">College Costs</a>, <a href="/tag/college-student-aid">College Student Aid</a>, <a href="/tag/african-american-students">African American Students</a>, <a href="/tag/students-in-poverty">Students in Poverty</a>, <a href="/tag/us-department-of-education">u.s. Department of Education</a>, <a href="/tag/congress">Congress</a>, <a href="/tag/low-income-students">Low Income Students</a>, <a href="/tag/unsubsidized-loans">Unsubsidized Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/stafford-loans">Stafford Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/hispanic-students">Hispanic Students</a>, <a href="/college">College News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-b-bradshaw/student-loans-the-problem_b_3406099.html 2013-06-07T21:36:45Z 2013-06-07T21:36:45Z William B. Bradshaw http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-b-bradshaw/ I'll start with the severity of the problem and then turn to solutions.<br /> <br /> Defaults on student loans are looming as the next big financial crises facing... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/salaries">Salaries</a>, <a href="/tag/house-of-representatives">House of Representatives</a>, <a href="/tag/senate">Senate</a>, <a href="/tag/congress">Congress</a>, <a href="/tag/teacher-salaries">Teacher Salaries</a>, <a href="/tag/college">College</a>, <a href="/tag/default">Default</a>, <a href="/tag/president-obama">President Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/loan-guarantees">Loan Guarantees</a>, <a href="/tag/college-tuition">College Tuition</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loans">Student Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loan-debt">Student Loan Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/guaranteed-student-loans">Guaranteed Student Loans</a>, <a href="/college">College News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/07/student-advocates-obama-loan-interest-rate_n_3393507.html 2013-06-07T16:12:53Z 2013-06-07T16:12:57Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ After the Senate voted down two proposals Thursday to keep interest rates on new, subsidized Stafford loans from doubling from 3.4 percent to 6.8 perc... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/obama-student-loans">Obama Student Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/federal-student-loans">Federal Student Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/anne-johnson">Anne Johnson</a>, <a href="/tag/dontdoublemyrate">#Dontdoublemyrate</a>, <a href="/tag/president-obama">President Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-student-loan-interest-rates">Obama Student Loan Interest Rates</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loans">Student Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loan-interest-rates">Student Loan Interest Rates</a>, <a href="/tag/peter-mcpherson">Peter Mcpherson</a>, <a href="/tag/interest-rates-student-loans">Interest Rates Student Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/majoring-in-debt">Majoring in Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loan-battle">Student Loan Battle</a>, <a href="/tag/campus-progress">Campus Progress</a>, <a href="/college">College News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/davidhalperin/for-profit-college-analys_b_3399793.html 2013-06-06T20:51:16Z 2013-06-06T20:41:16Z David_Halperin http://www.huffingtonpost.com/davidhalperin/ A Wells Fargo stock analyst, who boosts for-profit colleges while frequently overlooking their abuses, lays the blame for one particularly predatory college's high failure rate at the feet of low-income students, or, as he calls them, "subprime" students. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/higher-education">Higher Education</a>, <a href="/tag/leon-panetta">Leon Panetta</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loans">Student Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/student-debt">Student Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/corinthian-colleges">Corinthian Colleges</a>, <a href="/tag/wells-fargo">Wells Fargo</a>, <a href="/tag/for-profit-colleges">For-Profit Colleges</a>, <a href="/college">College News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/06/senate-student-loan_n_3399244.html 2013-06-06T19:21:48Z 2013-06-06T19:21:49Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate on Thursday rejected student loan proposals that would have either temporarily helped only a small subset of new borrowe... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/student-loan-interest-rates">Student Loan Interest Rates</a>, <a href="/tag/senate-student-debt">Senate Student Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/senate-student-loan">Senate Student Loan</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/senate">Senate</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama-students">Barack Obama Students</a>, <a href="/tag/student-debt">Student Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/senate-student-loans">Senate Student Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/sarah-bloom-raskin">Sarah Bloom Raskin</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loans">Student Loans</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-rhode/my-husband-had-a-spending_b_3398821.html 2013-06-06T17:26:34Z 2013-06-06T17:26:34Z Steve Rhode http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-rhode/ Huffington Post Reader Question<br /> <br /> Dear Steve,<br /> <br /> I'm what some would consider a "career" student, and I'm learning several lessons about debt the hard wa... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/how-to-get-out-of-debt">How to Get Out of Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/get-out-of-debt">Get Out of Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/compulsive-shopper">Compulsive Shopper</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loans">Student Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/spending-addiction">Spending Addiction</a>, <a href="/tag/getting-out-of-debt">Getting Out of Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/compulsive-shopping">Compulsive Shopping</a>, <a href="/business">Business News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dean-baker/student-loans-on-the-chea_b_3393577.html 2013-06-05T21:53:57Z 2013-06-05T21:53:57Z Dean Baker http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dean-baker/ Is Senator Warren's plan the best way to help struggling students pay for the cost of higher education? Certainly not. But given the way Washington works, you take what you get, which means the plan deserves support. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/prescription-drugs">Prescription Drugs</a>, <a href="/tag/taxes">Taxes</a>, <a href="/tag/banks">Banks</a>, <a href="/tag/elizabeth-warren">Elizabeth Warren</a>, <a href="/tag/wall-street">Wall Street</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loans">Student Loans</a>, <a href="/business">Business News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/05/student-loan-fraud-growing-education-dept_n_3391372.html 2013-06-05T14:24:39Z 2013-06-05T14:37:46Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON &mdash; The Education Department's watchdog says the number of college students who are suspected of engaging in loan fraud has increased 8... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/student-loan-fraud">Student Loan Fraud</a>, <a href="/tag/education-department">Education Department</a>, <a href="/tag/majoring-in-debt">Majoring in Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/education-watchdog">Education Watchdog</a>, <a href="/tag/education-department-inspector-general">Education Department Inspector General</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loans">Student Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loan-debt">Student Loan Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loan-fraud-education-department">Student Loan Fraud Education Department</a>, <a href="/college">College News</a></p>