A little autumn debt reading
And away we go...
-Articles on recent student loan legislation from: AEI for Public Policy Research, The Village Voice, Reuters (also here), The New York Times, The San Francisco Gate, The Baltimore Sun, The Washington Post, PBS, USA Today and The Star-Telegram.
-Articles on student/graduate debt from: The Chicago Tribune, BusinessWire, NJ Voices, Time, The New Yorker, The UNLV Rebel Yell and The West Virginia Record.
-Alan Collinge thinks that the recent student loan legislation didn't go far enough. And here's an article from Anya Kamenetz on debt issues in the upcoming presidential election. USA Today advises consolidation "only if it's right for you".
-Finally, just for fun (er, sure, fun), check out this inflation calculator. Calculating what someone who graduated college in, say, the 70s or 80s paid in terms of today's dollars can be eye-opening.
Student Loan Debt Clock: $458 billion - is the new loan legislation helping to lower the clock?