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Editorial: Debt forgiveness group sends wrong message
Members of the Occupy Student Debt Campaign unveiled their plan for easing student debt woes this Monday in Zuccotti Park. Their plan calls for students to sign a debtors pledge in which they promise to stop making payments on their student loans after one million people have signed the pledge.
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Column: Addition by deduction
I would like some of your money. Not all of it, not even the majority of it—but some of it would be nice. Worried about giving too much away? Well, you can never really give too much.
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In tough economy, students graduate early to avoid debt
Grace Warrick can’t justify staying in college for another five months – not when it comes with George Washington U’s price tag.
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Column: 5 Percent > $52,650
In the past months we’ve heard a lot about the one percent and the 99 percent and, from one set of Harvard-Yale trash talk shirts, the 6.2 percent. I’d like to introduce a new number to the conversation: the five percent.
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Editorial: American student loan program needs revision
On Thursday, The Oklahoma Daily published a letter from President Barack Obama outlining recent actions to reduce the burden of student debt. His plan enables students to consolidate multiple loan payments into one monthly payment at a lower interest rate.
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Study reports income inequality a growing trend in Boston
Income inequality has increased in Boston over the past 20 years despite the fact that the poverty rate has remained stable, according to a recent study by the Boston Indicators Project.
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Expanding education gap linked to income inequality
New research on inequality in education indicates that over the past 30 years, increased disparity in family income levels has resulted in unequal educational attainment for students.
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Joe Biden speaks at Pitt on student loan debt
Vice President Joe Biden told a crowd of over 300 people at U. Pittsburgh on Friday that the government must ease the burden of debt on college students.
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Column: Groupon – the financial crisis reincarnated
Welcome to the Groupon Economy. We've entered a new age where coupon-clipping grandmas of the world live in harmony with 20-something-year-olds.