Student loan debt threatens to haunt graduates after leaving college. Mahogany Waldon of Spartan Echo TV at Norfolk State University takes a look at students’ mounting debt and offers some tips on how to manage it going forward after graduation. Continue reading
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Kaine, Warner hold roundtable on student debt with Virginia college students
WASHINGTON – Student leaders from 20 Virginia colleges traveled to Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Jan. 27, to discuss their challenges paying for college and the impact of rising student loan obligations during a roundtable conversation organized by U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA). The students represented a diverse cross-section of Virginia’s … Continue reading
Students ask Education Department to discharge college debt
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 3,000 former Corinthian College students will have their college loans erased, the first wave of debt relief tied to the collapse of the for-profit higher education chain. The potential cost to taxpayers if all Corinthian students seek relief: $3.2 billion. So far, almost 12,000 students have asked the federal government … Continue reading