For Many Students, College Means Back to Middle School - Kenneth Terrell - The Atlantic

This is a pretty huge problem.

The whole point of primary education is to get your ready for secondary, and secondary is to get you ready for the real world. If there are incongruities on both those levels then what the heck are we doing education-wise? Teach children to learn?

We need to get this education reform thing in full tilt before things get much worse.

Student Loan Repayment Tips for College Dropouts - US News and World Report

Three tips to help with loan repayment for College Dropouts. Including:

1. Pay Soon
2. Be Knowledgeable
3. Part-time May Be Best

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Get Your Degrees Kids

Are college degrees still worth it in this economy?


I've seen a lot of articles talking about the value of a college degree in this economic climate. All of them seem to point to very important, the most important. Adults tell you, "Without a college degree, you can't get anywhere in life." Evidently, they are right. Go to school and get a valuable (read: STEM) degree and your future will thank you.

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How to Fix the Broken Student Loan System - ABC News

This!

(Seriously though. This an interesting look at the student loan climate and solid ideas on how to fix it.)



SoFi Will Crowdsource Your Student Loans | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation

This?



Stop Handing Out Student Loans Like Candy, Or Else You’ll Get Sued Like Sallie Mae « Above the Law: A Legal Web Site – News, Commentary, and Opinions on Law Firms, Lawyers, Law School, Law Suits, Judges and Courts

More loans=higher tuition costs=more loans=higher tuition costs= more... Anyone else sees a catch-22 here?





Communities of color lose more wealth, carry higher student loan debt | North Dallas Gazette

Like so many other things it seems the loan problem may have a racial overlay.

Democratic Senator Compares Private Student Loans To Dickens-Era Of Debt Prisons

Democratic Senator Compares Private Student Loans To Dickens-Era Of Debt Prisons: pThe inability of Americans to discharge student loan debt in bankruptcy proceedings creates a system of indebtedness like the one that existed during the era of Charles Dickens, when people who couldn’t afford to pay their debts were routinely tossed into prisons, a top Democratic senator declared this week. Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin (D) has [...]/p

Should You Have to Pay Taxes on Forgiven Student Loan Debt?

Bucks readers weigh in on whether forgiven student loan debt should come with a fat tax bill from the Internal Revenue Service.

(Above from the NYTiimes blog.)