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Study shows extended stay in college may affect students’ post-graduate paycheck
A study conducted by U. Tennessee’s Center for Business and Economic Research found that students who were able to complete bachelor’s degrees within four years will make between $5,800 and $6,200 more than those who completed the same degree in six years.
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New federal rules affect loan payments for graduate students
In light of attempts by the federal government to keep interest rates down, graduate students must now grapple with rule changes affecting their graduate school loans.
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Editorial: Students can afford interest rate hike
Unfortunately, education is an interest group that, like every other interest group, protests wildly when its share of the public dole gets cut. Students are a part of that.
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U.S. Senate reaches deal to keep student loan rates low
U.S. Senate leaders announced Tuesday that they have reached a deal that will allow them to avoid increasing student loan interest rates, just five days before the rates were set to double.
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Obama, students push Congress to prevent student loan interest rate increase
With six days left before Congress makes a decision on the doubling of student loan interest rates, President Barack Obama and college students around the country continue to push for congressional action to stop the increase.
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Column: My money ran off with a good time!
After my first week in France I rifled through my luggage, turned all my pockets inside out, and in a last vain, stupidly hopeful effort, searched between the pages of my books. Where did all my money go? This was not robbery, at least in the expected sense.
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Column: Paycheck Fairness Act misguided effort
“It’s pretty evident that the GOP agenda is focused on rolling back the clock on women,” said Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.
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Obama calls for improvements to student loan repayment plan
President Barack Obama is pushing for college students to be more aware of and have easier access to income-based repayment of student loans.
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Column: No quick fix for the student loan debt crisis
Experts link high education levels with better health, work productivity and economic growth, but what happens when tuition costs continually increase, employment opportunities fizzle and student debt hits $904 billion? Since the 1990s the average tuition rate at 4-year universities have doubled.