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College prices up again as states slash budgets

0 . As President Obama prepared to announce new measures Wednesday to help ease the burden of student loan debt, new figures painted a demoralizing ...

San Francisco Chronicle |

College websites adding net price calculators

0 . Few students pay the advertised "sticker price" for a college, but most don't know how much they will really have to spend until after they are...

San Francisco Chronicle |

Student Loan Defaults Could Cost Taxpayers

The dramatic rise in student debt -- and in student loan defaults -- could leave the American taxpayer on the hook for hundreds of billions of...

The Street |

Student loan defaults are climbing

The number of college students defaulting on their federal student loans is climbing, and those who attend for-profit schools remain the most...

NY Daily News |

Is that for-profit certificate worth the debt?

Want to earn a professional degree to advance your career? Read this firstOne sign a degree from a for-profit school may not be worth pursuing? You won't be able to repay your student loans after graduating.New data from the Department ...

AP News |

Lobbyists aid for-profit college student group

For-profit college students find a voice, but ties to industry raise questionsA few months ago, Dawn Connor was just another college student, attending night courses to become a veterinary technician and practicing her trade by spaying and neutering dogs and cats from ...

AP News |

For modest earners, relief repaying student loans

For modest earners, new program will help ease burden of repaying hefty student loansRepaying a student loan could soon be a little less painful.Starting this week, anyone with a federal student loan can apply for a program, run by the Department ...

AP News |

Diligence, speed will help secure 2009 college aid

Speed, persistence count; 8 things parents should be aware of as college aid season unfoldsKaren May admits to middle-of-the-night anxiety spells over the daunting challenge of coming up with the money to put her daughter, now a high school senior, through college ...

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