Saddled with Student Debt? Where To Find Help

*By Elizabeth Shell* Here's a running debt clock tracking total student loans in America (the mechanics of which are at [**finaid.org**](http://www.finaid.org/loans/studentloandebtclock.html), one of the sites run by financial aid expert Mark Kantrowitz.). If *you're* like one of the debt-saddled folks we've profiled, we urge you to check out the latest edition of the Income Based Repayment Plan at [**Kantrowitz's site**](http://www.finaid.org/loans/ibr.phtml) or directly [**from the government**](http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/IBRPlan.jsp). If you missed it, here's a roundup of our recent reporting on the trillion-dollar student debt crisis and its impact on the economy: - [**The State Of Student Loans: More Debt, More Defaults, More Problems**](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/jan-june12/studentloans_05-30.html) | Aired May 30. - [**Student Loan Debt: To Pay or Not to Pay?**](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/jan-june12/makingsense_05-31.html) | Aired May 31. - [**Calculator: Can You Still Work Your Way Through College?**](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/05/can-you-still-work-your-way-through-college.html) | Online May 30. - [**Interactive: The Faces of Student Loan Debt**](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/multimedia/student-loans/#.T9YzPoG3XmE) | Online May 31. - [**The Heavy Load of Student Deb**t ](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/06/graeber-on-the-heavy-load-of-student-debt.html) | Online June 4. *This entry is cross-posted on the [**Rundown**](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/)- NewsHour's blog of news and insight.*

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