Generation Debt

When October rolls around, my thoughts run to electoral politics, whether it's actually an election year, or, like this year, just feels like one (the presidential election is still well over a year away, I'm getting tired already). So check out some stories on the student loan positions of those jostling for the presidency in 2008 from The Chronicle of Higher Education (also here and here) and The Times and Democrat.

-More stories on Congessional student loan reform from The Seattle Times, The Chicago Sun-Times, The Coumbia Spectator, The New Paltz Oracle, The Sheboygan Press (this one is against government student loans), The Washington Post (letter to the editor), and The Toledo Blade.

-Stories on the student loan debt burden from The Contra Costa Times, The Columbia Tribune, CBS News, Daily Press, Business Week, The Buffalo News, The Daily Bruin, The Pepperdine Graphic, and The Winston-Salem Journal.

-In other news, D.C. has a program to help medical workers pay student loans in exchange for service in low income parts of the District, Scott Burns wonders if going to college pays, and Kiplinger discusses whether student loans affect a mortgage application.

Student Loan Debt Clock is at $462 billion - looks like we're back to a growth spurt.