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Student Debt Stories

As a way to bring this national situation down to a personal level, we're starting a new blog series called "Student Debt Stories."

The student debt crisis is not some...

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In Need of a Bipartisan Solution

As you've undoubtedly heard, there are quite a few Democratic presidential candidates touting some form of "student debt forgiveness," including frontrunners Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. While their proposals are...

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Busting Five Student Debt Myths

Anya Kamenetz, author of Generation Debt and education journalist, has identified five persistent misbeliefs about student debt.

Interestingly, one of them is:...

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Start a Business to Ditch Debt

When you're trying to make headway on your student debt, the advice you read almost always centers around cutting back costs. The logic makes sense; cut out your lattés and pay more on your loans. But the reality is,...