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Wednesday, May 22, 2019

How Can I Get Out of the Student Loan I Cosigned for My Son? Advice from Steve Rhode, the Get Out of Debt Guy

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If you are thinking about taking out a Parent PLUS loan to finance your child's college education or co-signing a relative's loan, y...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Brookings Institution researcher criticizes federal student-loan program: "It is an outrage"

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Last month, Adam Looney of the Brookings Institution released a paper that is chock full of ideas for fixing the federal student-loan progr...
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Saturday, May 11, 2019

Education Secretary Betsy Devos Hires Private Accounting Firm to Audit the Student Loan program: Asking For Bad News

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Secretary of Education Betsy Devos hired McKinsey & Compan y, a global consulting firm, to audit the federal student loan program. Why d...
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Tuesday, May 7, 2019

A Kansas bankruptcy judge grants Vicky Jo Metz a partial discharge of her student loans, and she wins her appeal

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Vicky Jo Metz borrowed $16,613 back in the 1990s to attend a community college, but she never got a degree. Over the years, she filed for ba...
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Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Senator Elizabeth's Student-Loan Forgiveness Plan Isn't Radical: The Feds are Already Forgiving Billions of Dollars in Student Debt

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Adam Levitin , writing for Credit Slip , made a profound observation about Senator Elizabeth Warren's proposal to forgive massive amount...
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Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Senator Elizabeth Warren's Proposal to Cancel Student Debt: A Great Idea (Just Needs a Little Tweaking)

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Earlier this week, Senator Elizabeth Warren astonished the higher education community (and me in particular) by announcing three bold propo...
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Saturday, April 20, 2019

Dicent v. Kaplan University: An unhappy student sues a for-profit university, but the Third Circuit forces her to arbitrate her claims

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Maria Dicent enrolled in an online legal studies program at Kaplan University in 2014. She did not have a good experience. In 2017, she sued...