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    payments on her student loans. Employed only part time and sharing a room in a small apartment to keep costs down, she was afraid to open the email. Since I know something about student loans, I offered to help her out. I took a Sunday morning drive to her place. It was worse than I imagined. Not her debts, which were about average and composed only of federal loans; fortunately she has none of the high-cost, inflexible private loans that usually play a role in the worst student loan stories. The awful

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    Student loans are a very real issue in our society today. There are at least 1.26 trillion dollars of student loan debt in the United States alone. There are at least 44.2 million American students who have to pay off their student loans. Chris Lewis and Layla Zaidane explain why Allan and Thompson from the article ‘The Myth of the Student Loan Crisis’ are wrong. Lewis, Chris and Layla explain in their essay, ‘Here’s Your Crisis: Student loan Debt Isn’t a Myth’ that, “six figure calamities are indeed

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    The Student Loan Debt Crisis Student loan debt has overtime become an unpleasant part of life for millions of Americans and especially borrowers. It is possible to identify the types of people who went through college and borrowed financial loans from those that went through college and did not go to college or those that went but did not borrow. The debt crisis directly affects the families of the borrowers, those with high debt burdens and advanced degrees. Despite the increased length in loan payment

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    Student Loan Data System

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    on the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) The Department of Education has a central database where you can find details related to your federal student loans and grants including your current balance, disbursements, and loan status. In the past, students would use the Federal Student Aid (FSA) PIN, which utilizes a borrower’s Social Security number as well as other personal information, to log in. This information was required every time a borrower would need to sign loan documents, access

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    IS THERE A STUDENT LOAN CRISIS IN AMERICA? Most Americans borrow funds to finance the high cost of a school education, which incorporates tuition, room and board, college supplies and other related expenses. Truth be told, America has a bit of this crisis, with $1.2 trillion in student loans debt. With this huge a market, there are a ton of firms trading in for money, basically for their own greedy and covetous purpose. To comprehend this subject better, there was a recent interview with the personal

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    Most people in today’s society have, but what about student loan debt? For too many Americans, student loan debt is a burden; there may be too much interest, not enough income, and a struggle to handle previous bills while staying on time with college payments. According to the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau in the United States, the total amount of student debt amounts to over $1 trillion. In the article “Here’s Your Crisis: Student Loan Debt Isn’t a Myth” (2013) Chris Lewis states, “because

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    For my short term finicial plan is paying off my student loan. As for right now I just borrowed $1500 so my payment is like 45.00 dollars a month. This I know I can get paid off quick if I keep on it. I know its something that can be paid off alot more than other things I know which is going to take a quite bit longer to do. My long term is going to be my morgage on my house. It will take a couple of years to pay off. If I can work over time and earn a little bit extra then i can pay a little extra

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    Debt Student Loans

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    tuition fees of your child, you can apply for an educational loan. These loans are specially granted to children who are willing to continue their education in spite of unfavorable financial circumstances. Attaining an educational loan is not very difficult and if your child has a strong academic background, you won't face any problem in the whole procedure. However, it is suggested to assess your financial state before taking up the loan in order to make sure that you do not face any sort of hardship

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    Student Loan Debt

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    Graduate Student Loan Debt for Psychology Students Ian McClure South Dakota State University   In their article, J. M. Doran, L. R. Marks, E. J. Ameen & N. H. El-Ghoroury (2016) the researchers wanted to get a more in depth look at the impact and possible negative consequences for the increasing cost and the debt resulting from having to take on more student loans in pursuit of obtaining either a Ph. D. in psychology or a Master’s degree in counseling. The researchers contacted the American Psychological

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    Defaulting on Student Loans Students defaulting on their loans will always be a problem for the government as long as there are students taking out loans. There will always be a few that don’t pay off their loans. There are many reasons why students default on their student loans. According Ms. Farrell, the author of “Reducing Student Loan Defaults: A Plan for Action,” in the Office of Planning, Budget, and Evaluation Survey, said “The main reason that students default on their loans is that

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