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Showdown Looms as Senate Kills a Student Loan Bill

Does this sound familiar? Both sides of the Senate agree they want to extend low interest rates on student loan payments, but they disagree on how to pay for it it, and after Republicans blocked a Democratic bill extending low rates, they're set to double in July.

By Alexander Abad-Santos

Apr 30, 2012

Cartoon

One Thing College Is Guaranteed to Give You

Cartoonist Tom Toles on higher education.

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By Eric Randall

Apr 25, 2012

Progress (Sort of) in the Pointless Hunt for Youth Voters

President Obama has been touring the country and slow jamming with Jimmy Fallon, urging Congress to extend a lower interest rate on federal student loans, and Wednesday, House Speaker Boehner scheduled a vote on the measure -- so, wait, did Obama just get his way with Boehner?

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By Dashiell Bennett

Apr 25, 2012

Obama 'Slow Jams' Student Loans with Jimmy Fallon

Barack Obama's appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon became more than just a campaign whistlestop last night, when he joined Jimmy and The Roots for a old-fashioned slow jam.

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By Marian Wang, ProPublica

Apr 23, 2012

Obamacare Is Complicating Some Student Loans

The Department of Education has been transferring large batches of federal student loans to new loan-servicing companies 2014 leaving in the lurch some borrowers who are suddenly encountering problems with their loans, such as payments that are mysteriously adjusted up or down.

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By Dino Grandoni

Apr 4, 2012

Chart of the Day

Student Loan Debt Isn't Just a Young Person's Problem

One big component of the well-documented anxiety young people experience today is student loan debt, but if a recent report from the Federal Reserve is to believed, they're also a major burden on older Americans.

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By Dino Grandoni

Oct 26, 2011

Obama's Executive Order of the Day: Easing Student Loan Payments

President Obama plans to announce today a two-pronged executive action to relief Americans' ever-growing student-loan burden.

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By Dino Grandoni

Oct 19, 2011

Americans Now Owe More Than $1 Trillion in Student Loans

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is reporting that for the first time ever Americans owe more than $1 trillion in student loans altogether--which helps explain why said Federal Reserve Bank has been surrounded by said loan-laden Occupy Wall Streeters.

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