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How Congress could raise student loan debt; Efforts to tame student loans might have opposite effect, experts say
MarketWatchCollege students buckling under the weight of rising tuition face a new threat: rising interest rates on loans.The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a Republican bill to link student loan rates to financial markets. Under the ...
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Credit Unions Boost College Loans
WSJ.comCredit unions are offering more private student loans, creating new choices for borrowers grappling with high college costs.Nearly 590 of the nation's 6,955 credit unions offered student loans as of December, according to the Credit Union ...
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New College Lenders Step Up
WSJ.comCredit unions are offering more private student loans, creating new choices for borrowers grappling with high college costs.Nearly 590 of the nation's 6,955 credit unions—member-owned nonprofit financial institutions—offered student loans ...
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Regulator Seeks to Spur Restructuring of Student Loans
WSJ.comWASHINGTON—A federal regulator, concerned about the growing number of college graduates unable to repay their student debt, outlined a set of options to reduce their burdens by refinancing or restructuring their loans.
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Arts Degree Leaves You Seeing Red
WSJ.comMost people assume a degree in the arts is no guarantee of riches. Now there is evidence that such graduates alsorack up the most student-loan debt.
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Student-Loan Securities Stay Hot; Investors' Hunger for Returns Is Driving Demand Even as More Borrowers Fall Behind on Their Payments
WSJ.comStudent loans are souring at a growing rate—and investors can't seem to get enough.SLM Corp., the largest U.S. student lender, last week sold $1.1 billion of securities backed by private student loans. Demand for the riskiest bunch—those ...
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Parent Trap: What to Know Before Taking a College Loan
WSJ.comDiana Jackson had no student debt when she got her Bachelor's degree from Miami University in Ohio in 1982. But when her daughter graduated from the school in 2011, Ms. Jackson was stuck with about $33,000 in parent loans.
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Student-Loan Delinquencies Among the Young Soar
WSJ.comThe number of young borrowers who have fallen behind on their student loan payments has soared over the past four years, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said in a report released Thursday.
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New Options for Student-Loan Borrowers
WSJ.comTwo of the nation's largest providers of private student loans are taking steps to ease terms for some borrowers.SLM Corp., also known as Sallie Mae, this past week began accepting applications for loans that allow recent college graduates ...
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More wiggle room for student-loan debt? The CFPB is seeking more repayment options for private loans
MarketWatchAs more borrowers fall behind on their private student loans, a U.S. consumer watchdog is pushing to make those payments more affordable.The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau last week said it’s seeking proposals on ways to make debt ...
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Can student loan deferments prevent defaults? Colleges are encouraging borrowers to put off payments
MarketWatchTo lower their number of student-loan defaults, colleges are embracing a controversial tactic: Encouraging borrowers to put off payments.A growing number of nonprofit colleges are hiring companies that specialize in “default management” to ...
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A Better Way to Do Student Loans
WSJ.comRegarding your editorial "Bursting Debt Bubble" (March 1): The statistics speak for themselves. The federal government has clearly proved its inability to run a good student-loan program. In addition to the recent Federal Reserve Bank of ...
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Spend That Tax Refund Wisely
WSJ.comAlina Lane's 2012 tax refund came in the mail last week. But she planned how to spend the money long before it arrived.The 26-year-old will put a chunk of the roughly $3,800 refund toward paying her student loans from dental school after ...
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SecondMarket to Launch Student-Loan Securities Platform
WSJ.comSecondMarket Holdings Inc., a New York-based online-trading firm specializing in private-market securities, on Monday will roll out a platform allowing lenders to issue securities backed by student loans directly to investors.
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The high cost of a cheap college; Even if colleges were more affordable, could students afford to pay?
MarketWatchPresident Obama called for colleges to rein in their costs during his State of the Union address Tuesday night. But new data shows those who attend schools with lower tuition often end up paying in other ways.
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Risky Student Debt Is Starting to Sour
WSJ.comThe number of student loans held by subprime borrowers is growing, and more of those loans are souring, the latest signs that a weak job market and rising debt loads are squeezing recent graduates.
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Student loan delinquencies hit new high
MarketWatchLate last year, total student debt outstanding surpassed $1 trillion for the first time. Now, the problem of student loan delinquency is generating its own eye-popping numbers.
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Discover: Student Loans a 'Train Wreck' for Taxpayers
WSJ.comRising federal student-loan debt and potential changes to how such loans are treated under bankruptcy could be a "train wreck" for U.S. taxpayers, Discover Financial Services President Roger Hochschild said Monday.
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Risky Student Debt Is Starting to Sour
WSJ.comThe number of student loans held by subprime borrowers is growing, and more of those loans are souring, the latest signs that a weak job market and rising debt loads are squeezing recent graduates.
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The Disappearing College Loan; New Program Links Repayments to Income
WSJ.comA new federal program should make it easier for some recent college graduates to keep their student-loan payments manageable.The new option, known as the "Pay as You Earn Repayment Plan," lets eligible borrowers sharply lower their monthly ...
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Grads Skirt Student Loans
WSJ.comCrippled by student debt, Lori Kitchen quit her government job just months after graduating from American University in 2007, figuring she would lose her security clearance once she fell behind on her loan payments.
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Think Twice Before Co-Signing
WSJ.comWith college costs rising, student loans are becoming a necessity even for many upper-middle-class families.If your child asks you to co-sign for a private loan, tread carefully: That debt could become your own.
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New Rage: Loan-Payoff Parties
WSJ.comWhen Cherie and Brian Lowe of suburban Indianapolis threw a party last spring, 150 well-wishers came bearing casseroles.This was no birthday or anniversary bash. Mr. Lowe, a lawyer, and Ms. Lowe, a stay-at-home mom, both 36 years old, were ...
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More students delay repaying loans; Half of student loans are now in deferment or forbearance
MarketWatchWhen their student loans come due, many borrowers have no choice but to postpone the inevitable. As of March, 51% of student loans were in deferment or forbearance — periods when, owing to financial hardship, borrowers are not required to ...
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