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Nation Oct 15

Soaring housing costs stretch already-strapped college students

By Hari Sreenivasan, Cat Wise

Education Apr 29

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks at the United States Conference of Mayors winter meeting in Washington on January 24, 2019. Photo by Yuri Gripas/Reuters
Lawmakers debate future of loan relief for public workers

The government promised public service workers their debt could be erased if they made payments for 10 years, but officials have largely failed to deliver.

By Collin Binkley, Associated Press

Making Sen$e Mar 28

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Anxious about debt, Generation Z makes college choice a financial one

The amount of student loan debt Americans hold is at a record high, and much of it is shouldered by Millennials--people in their late 20s and 30s. Now, children in Generation Z, the group born after 1996, are facing their…

By Paul Solman

Education Nov 27

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos attends a ceremony where President Donald Trump awarded the 2018 Presidential Medals of Freedom at the White House in Washington D.C. Photo by Leah Millis/Reuters
DeVos warns of crisis over ballooning student debt

The education secretary raised a "red warning flag" at a conference in Atlanta on Tuesday, that the federal government must change the way it gives out student loans.

By Collin Binkley, Associated Press

Education Aug 22

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Purdue invests in students’ futures with new model of financing

College graduation can be a time of financial anxiety. But Purdue University is offering students a new way to pay for their degrees: Students get funding when they agree to pay back the university a percentage of their future earnings,…

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May 23

Advocates slam Trump’s proposed reduction in aid for college students

By Maria Danilova, Associated Press

Critics said it contradicts President Donald Trump's campaign promises to make college more affordable at a time when student debt is ballooning…

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Oct 30

For Stein, climate change and erasing student debt are high-priority

By Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press

Jill Stein, the Green Party presidential candidate, is offering an aggressive set of policy prescriptions in her longshot bid.

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