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Education Loans

1. Links: Saving for College
   Objective information about Section 529 college savings plans and other ways to save and pay for college.
2. Links: The Institute for College Access and Success
   An independent, nonprofit organization, the Institute for College Access & Success works to make higher education more available and affordable for people of all backgrounds. By conducting and supporting nonpartisan research, analysis, and advocacy, the…
3. Links: FinAid
   FinAid is a free and comprehensive source of student financial aid information, advice and tools.
4. Press: Why bankruptcy won’t rid you of student loans
   This week’s Your Money column is about the treatment of student loans in the federal bankruptcy code and whether this treatment ought to change. Currently, it’s nearly impossible for people to get rid of student…
5. Press: Few options exist for erasing student loan debt
   Dear Liz: I really screwed up. I decided I wanted to go to a private college and am now saddled with $145,000 in private student loans and $30,000 in federal student loans. I am working…
6. Press: How to keep a handle on college costs
   About 19 million kids head to college next month, which is likely to have their parents in a mild panic about how to pay the bills. Even if you saved religiously from the time your…
7. Press: After job training, still scrambling for work
   In what was beginning to feel like a previous life, Israel Valle had earned $18 an hour as an executive assistant to a designer at a prominent fashion label. Now, he was jobless and struggling…
8. Links: Student Loan Borrower Assistance
   Student Loan Borrower Assistance is the single best resource for borrowers to learn of their rights and repayment options for student loans. The site explains the often confusing terms associated with education loans, and identifies…
9. Press: Student debt rules should apply to all colleges
   The Obama administration wants for-profit career colleges to better prepare students for gainful employment and to improve debt-repayment rates. The government is threatening to pull access to federal student aid for colleges that fail to…
10. Press: Growing concern over burden of student debt
    Consumers have hit a new milestone: Student loans now exceed credit card debt. Student debt reached nearly $830 billion in June, surpassing credit card and other revolving debt for the first time by more than…
11. Press: Degrees of debt
    The Senate recently held hearings on for-profit colleges, investigating charges that the schools rake in federal loan money while failing to adequately educate students. Critics point to deceptive sales tactics, fraudulent loan applications, high drop-out…