Certainly, there are students in college that are not very bright. They’re actually a minority, dwarfed by the number of loan scammers on campus. I’d like to think the majority of students are reasonably bright; it sure seems like it when I talk to the students that still come to class once the loan checks […] … learn more→

Americans are beginning to realize that student loans pose a big problem. Total student-loan debt is now well over a trillion dollars (and is predicted to hit two trillion around 2020). About a third of young people who are supposed to be making payments on their loans are delinquent, and there is every reason to […] … learn more→

“Don’t worry about the student loan, because you’ll make so much more money once you get your degree…” –typical line from college administration when recruiting students. Every day I see another story on the insanity of student loan debt. They approach the madness from many different ways, but I’ll summarize: student loan debt exceeds a […] … learn more→

Much attention has been paid to the ballooning accumulation of student debt and its short- and long-term impact on the U.S. economy. As a response to the Great Recession, most states dramatically reduced their subsidies supporting public colleges and universities over a series of annual budgets. In the last year or two, some states have […] … learn more→

Student debt happens to be one of those problems that seem so enormous that it appears pretty difficult to deal with them. In fact, the task of dealing with student loan debt problems seems practically insurmountable. This can get all the more difficult if your student loan debt problems comes along with your moving into […] … learn more→