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Vassar College Commencement on May 20 in Poughkeepsie, New York. Photo by Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images. By Paul Solman and Elizabeth Shell In researching the growing amount of college loan debt that students are taking on as academic sticker prices…

Vassar College Commencement on May 20 in Poughkeepsie, New York. Photo by Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images. In researching the growing amount of college loan debt that students are taking on as academic sticker prices steadily increase, we wondered: Is it…

A woman asks for money in Athens next to a newsstand as journalists staged a 24-hour strike to protest cuts to jobs and salaries prompted by the country's financial recession on May 28. Photo by Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images. Paul…

A woman asks for money in Athens next to a newsstand as journalists staged a 24-hour strike to protest cuts to jobs and salaries prompted by the country's financial recession on May 28. Photo by Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images. Paul…