Aug 22 Watch President Obama Offers Plan to Make Colleges More Affordable and Accountable President Obama Offers Plan to Make Colleges More Affordable and Accountable… Continue watching
Jul 31 Watch News Wrap: Federal Reserve Downgrades U.S. Economic Growth to 'Modest' In other news Wednesday, the Federal Reserve gave the U.S. economy a "modest" growth assessment, a slight downgrade from the "moderate" rating in June. Also, the U.S. House of Representatives moved towards final approval on a student loan deal that… Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch Student Loan Rates Double; What Are Long-Term Solutions for High College Debt? Student Loan Rates Double; What Are Long-Term Solutions for High College Debt?… Continue watching
Jun 06 Watch News Wrap: IRS Apologizes for Excessive Spending on Conference In other news Thursday, a top IRS official apologized at a House hearing for a 2010 conference that cost more than $4 million. Also, Senate Democrats and Republicans blocked each other's proposals to keep student loan interest rates from doubling… Continue watching
May 31 Watch Presidential Push to Stop Sky-High Student Loan Interest Rates Presidential Push to Stop Sky High Student Loan Interest Rates… Continue watching
May 23 Watch News Wrap: IRS Replaces Official Who Refused to Answer Questions at Hearing In other news Thursday, the IRS announced that it had replaced Lois Lerner, the official who oversaw the agents who targeted conservative groups. Also, the U.S. House voted to peg federal student loan rates to those set by the financial… Continue watching
Sep 04 Watch Will the Youth Vote, Crucial to Obama's Reelection, Actually Go to the Polls? Will the Youth Vote, Crucial to Obama's Reelection, Actually Go to the Polls?… Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch Deadlines Looming, Congress Corners Deal on Student Loans, Transportation Deadlines Looming, Congress Corners Deal on Student Loans, Transportation… Continue watching
Jun 04 The Heavy Load of Student Debt By Paul Solman // We first set out to cover the student-debt story last year when we read David Graeber's book, "Debt: The First 5000 Years" and listened to him speak (online). Graeber was pushing a proposal for mass repudiation of student… Continue reading
May 30 Watch The State Of Student Loans: More Debt, More Defaults, More Problems The State Of Student Loans: More Debt, More Defaults, More Problems… Continue watching