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5 genius ways colleges are tackling the student debt crisis

The government requires colleges and universities to counsel students on student loan debt, but clearly the message isn’t always getting through. In a 2012 report by NERA Economic Consulting and Young Invincibles, a youth advocacy group, 13,000 college students who carried $75,000 or more in student loans — placing them in the top 5% of student debtors in the U.S. — were asked whether they remembered receiving counseling.  More than 40% said no.” Read more at Yahoo! Finance by clicking here.