Gillibrand says bill is ‘just common sense’
Elizabeth Warren creates MoveOn petition for her own bill
Bill would force Federal Reserve to lend tuition money to students at discounted interested rates
Elizabeth Warren wants Federal Reserve to subsidize student loans
Senator wants Fed money to ‘fund our students, keep us competitive and grow our middle class’
Historically black colleges and universities flunk Obama's College Scorecard
HBCUs get special federal funding, while students graduate at low rates and default on loans at high levels
College graduates are the new subprime borrowers
With the reward of a college degree decreasing, many students and parents will end up as debt slaves.
Average student loan debt climbs to $26,600
American students owe over $1 trillion in student loan debt
Analysis: Understanding the higher education bubble through Caddyshack
The 1980 film Caddyshack is an accidental time capsule that proves the absurdity of college costs today
Report: Student loan debt nearly one-quarter of income for low income households - TheDCNF
Student loan debt has been on the rise for many American households since 2007
Obama blames Republicans as deadline on student loans looms - TheDCNF
Without congressional action, interest rates are set to spike from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent on July 1
Both sides fail in student loan debate
We need to have an adult conversation about Pell Grants.
Legislative Lowdown: Obama's creative budget math
A round-up of some of this week’s biggest developments on Capitol Hill.
Obama plays politics with student loans
The president is threatening to block GOP efforts to extend a student loan subsidy program he claims to support.
The reason Obama is pushing for more federal education spending
Federal education spending is very wasteful, but also very popular.
Dems spring election year student loan trap on GOP - TheDC
Plan may help Obama win support from middle-class parents and young voters
Six ways to avoid a student loan crisis and boost jobs for college grads
The status quo is unsustainable.
Recovery threatened by runaway student loan debt - AP
When student loans don’t get repaid, debts are going to be transferred from the borrower to the taxpayer
Obama tells students rich should pay more for their education - TheDC
‘We’ve got a different idea of America, a more generous America’ than the one offered by his political rivals
The top 5 underreported education stories of 2011
Some interesting education stories from 2011 that you may have missed.
Taxpayers have no responsibility to pay off my student loans
Why the Occupy Wall Street crowd is wrong about student loans.
Cain unsure what to do about growing student debt - TheDC
‘I don’t have a position on what we ought to do about all of the student debt that some of the students have run up’
