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Why American students are struggling with small debts

Clip: 2/23/2015 | 7m 26s

Why American students are struggling with – and defaulting on – small debts

Student loan balances climbed to $1.2 trillion at the end of 2014, and delinquencies are rising even as they fall for most other types of debt. In fact, students with the smallest balances are most likely to default. Judy Woodruff learns more from Megan McClean of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators and William Elliott of the University of Kansas.

02/23/2015 | Rating NR

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