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Easing The Burden of Student Debt to Stimulate The Economy

One of the biggest financial burdens facing young people in America today is the looming reality of student debt. It's a problem that carries a price tag of more than $1 trillion.About two thirds of...

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College Costs: Your Questions Answered

The price tag for colleges and universities has been steadily on the rise. For the 2014–2015 academic year, College Board reports that, on average, a "moderate" college budget for an in-state public...

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What Degrees Are Actually Worth the Cost of College?

Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.Going to college these days is expensive. A "moderate" college budget costs about $23,000 a year for students studying at an in-state public...

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The Community College Challenge: Introducing Lake Area Technical Institute

Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.Today we're visiting the first school in our special series, "The Community College Challenge," which offers a unique look at community colleges...

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Introducing Walla Walla Community College

Click on the audio player above to hear this interview. Over the course of the 2015-16 academic year, The Takeaway presents an original series offering a unique look at community colleges. Today, we...

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The Effect of Federal Financial Aid on Tuition

As the presidential candidates roll out plans to help people pay for college, the Federal Reserve released a study that found a correlation between tuition hikes and federal loans its students receive....

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Why are millennials turning to payday loans and pawn shops?

Millenials surveyed in a new study reveal that 42 percent had used an alternative financial service, such as an auto title loan or tax refund advance. Photo by Suzanne Plunkett/ReutersMore millennials...

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U.S. to fire monitor overseeing turnaround strategies of for-profit colleges

The Education Department plans to remove the independent monitor in charge of overseeing the turnaround of schools owned by the for-profit college company Corinthian Colleges. Photo by Saul...

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Purdue Introduces New Way to Reduce Student Debt

When former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels became president of Purdue University three years ago, he did something that hadn't been done in 36 consecutive years: He froze tuition for the next four...

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How Free Can College Be; The Big Winners After Sandy; NYC Style, Then and Now

Coming up on today's show:Editor-in-chief of Roll Call Melinda Henneberger discusses the 2016 bid for the White House, and other news from Washington.Our #30Issues series looks at the cost of college...

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30 Issues | A History of College Tuition (and Debt)

For a long time, college was intended for American’s elite. It wasn’t until the 20th century that higher education became more accessible to the masses. Ironically, this was when prices began to...

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30 Issues | Comparing the Candidates on College Costs

Anya Kamenetz, NPR's lead digital education reporter and the author of The Test: Why Our Schools are Obsessed with Standardized Testing...But You Don’t Have to Be (PublicAffairs, 2015), discusses the...

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30 Issues | Week 7 Recap: Is 'Free Public College' Possible?

Catch up on what we learned during Week 7 of #30 Issues...Hit "play" above to hear all of our #30Issues segments from this week about the history and politics of college costs, back-to-back.You'll...

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New rule aims to streamline debt forgiveness for victims of rogue for-profit...

The Education Department proposed a new rule that would offer debt relief to students who were lied to by for-profit colleges. Photo by Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — The Obama administration is trying to...

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Who’s getting rich off your student debt?

Just about everyone involved in the student loan industry these days – banks, private investors and even the federal government – makes money off the borrowers. On this episode of Reveal, we explore...

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Where millennials are more likely to live with Mom and Dad

A graduating student of the City College of New York wears a message on his cap during the College’s commencement ceremony in the Harlem section of Manhattan, New York, U.S., June 3, 2016. Photo by...

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How Clinton and Trump plan to tackle education as president

Photo by Fuse/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton has spent decades talking about the needs of children and touting the benefits of early education. It’s a new subject for Donald Trump.RELATED...

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When the Cost of a College Degree Means a Lifetime of Debt

Sara Goldrick-Rab, professor of Higher Education Policy & Sociology at Temple University, and Founder of the Wisconsin HOPE Lab, a translational research laboratory seeking ways to make college...

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Our student debt anxiety explained in one video

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: And speaking of student debt, college affordability has become an issue in the election. We have been taking a look at what’s behind the growth of...

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Why student debt is ‘a crisis’ for some borrowers

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Student debt has been a big talking point on the 2016 campaign trail. Hillary Clinton proposes making tuition free for many students at public colleges....

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For Stein, climate change and erasing student debt are high-priority

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein speaks at a campaign rally in Chicago, Illinois. Photo by Jim Young/ReutersNEW YORK — Jill Stein says America is running out of time.RELATED LINKSGreen...

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Why so many students from for-profit schools are left in debt limbo

Watch VideoThe post Why so many students from for-profit schools are left in debt limbo appeared first on PBS NewsHour.

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How For-Profit Colleges are Increasing Inequality, a Former Editor-in-Chief...

Tressie McMillan Cotton, an assistant professor of sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University, joins us to discuss her book, Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy....

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How For-Profit Colleges Contribute to Growing Inequality

Tressie McMillan Cottom, an assistant professor of sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University, joins us to discuss her book, Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy....

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Student Debt: Can't Live with It, Can't Go to School Without It

With the deadline approaching for high school seniors to pick which college to attend, students — and their parents — are considering how they will pay for the financial burden of higher education. The...

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Debate over in-state tuition for students in U.S. illegally

A proposal in Tennessee could make it the 21st state to offer cheaper in-state college tuition to undocumented students. Photo via Flickr user PROSebastian SurendarTwenty states already offer cheaper...

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Is college worth the cost?

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN, PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND ANCHOR: If you add up all the college student loan debt in the United States, it stands at $1.4 trillion– with a T. That’s more...

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Rules to help defrauded students clear loans being revised

The Education Department announced Wednesday that it will change two key Obama-era rules governing student loan forgiveness. Photo via Flickr user Victor BjörkundWASHINGTON — The Education Department...

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While Trump Was Tweeting About 'Fake News'; Housing in NYC; The Struggle to...

Coming up on today's show:Spencer Ackerman, The Daily Beast's senior national security correspondent, discusses the latest news from the Trump-Russia investigations, including how the President is...

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Student Debt: Paralyzing Lives One Student at a Time

This month, students all across the U.S. are getting ready to head off to college. For many of them, preparing for school involves taking on thousands of dollars in student loans that could impact...

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Twitter chat: How do we solve the student debt crisis?

Illustration by enisaksoy/Getty ImagesStudent loan debt in the U.S. stands at $1.3 trillion, leading many Americans to doubt whether or not college is worth it.In 2015, students who graduated from a...

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Growing number of Georgia students have debt but no college degree

More than 108,000 students who had taken out federal loans withdrew from Georgia’s public colleges and universities between 2013 and 2015. Photo by bearsky23/via AdobeATLANTA – Alduha Leon and Jared...

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How students with school debt but no degree get stuck in ‘purgatory’

College student photo via Flickr by Cory M. GrenierATLANTA – DeAngelo Bowie goes to work five days a week at 1 p.m. at a pet store warehouse and stacks boxes until the work is done. On a good day, he’s...

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Century-old ‘work college’ model regains popularity as student debt grows

Senior Landon George checks on pigs as they cool off in the mud at on the 275-acre farm at Warren Wilson College. Photo: Jesse Pratt Lopez for The Hechinger ReportASHEVILLE, N.C. — Clare Cameron stood...

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Our Student Loan Questions Live: Part One

After we released our two-part series on student loan debt earlier this summer, we got a lot of emails from you. In addition to your stories, you also had questions about your loans: about what...

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Twitter chat: Millennials stagger under extreme debt, but why?

The PBS NewsHour will hold a Twitter chat Sept. 14 at 1 p.m. EDT on millennial debt, including costly student loans. Photo/FlickrThe projected net worth for a graduate in the class of 2016 is -$33,984....

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Our Student Loan Questions Live: Part Two

"Is it totally crazy to go to grad school before paying off my undergrad loans?""Is it best to pay the smallest [loan] first and reduce your number of loans? Or is it best to reduce your highest...

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Graduate programs have become a cash cow for struggling colleges. What does...

A former bank executive, Helen Drinan, took over as president of Simmons College only to discover the university couldn’t make payroll. She has since used revenue from graduate programs to help restore...

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For-profit college students twice as likely to default on loans, report says

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, in May. Photo by Mike Blake/ReutersWASHINGTON — Students who attended for-profit...

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