U.S. News University Directory on August 20, 2012 by Catherine Groux Many college graduates leave school with thousands of dollars of debt, which they know they must pay back in the years to come. These individuals probably understand that their...

Washington Monthly on August 17, 2012 By Daniel Luzer Student loan debt was supposed to be the good kind of debt. It’s, you know, an “investment in your future.” Except it turns out student loans may soon prevent large swaths of...

Nashua Telegraph on August 17, 2012 By Cameron Kittle Tara Payne and her colleagues at the New Hampshire Higher Education Assistance Foundation have seen too much. They know the horror stories: students who take out close to $100,000 in loans...

Policy Shop, the Demos Weblog, on August 17, 2012 By David Callahan One clear path to retirement security is to buy a home early in life and pay off it before you retire — at which point you can either...

Business Insider on August 17, 2012 By Ashley Lutz College graduates today have twice the debt of those a decade ago, and many young people are denied a once common rite of passage: buying a home. Two-thirds of college graduates...

The Huffington Post on August 16, 2012 A new report released Tuesday warns that student loan debt could cut a large population of people out of the housing market, having significant consequences on the economy. Jen Mishory and Rory O’Sullivan of Young...

Inside Higher Ed on August 16, 2012 People with student loans to repay, on average, might not qualify for mortgages because they have too much debt, according to a report  the advocacy group Young Invincibles released Tuesday. The group said that the...

Bloomberg Businessweek on August 16, 2012 by Karen Weise Graduate from college, get a job, and save some money to settle down and buy a house. That’s the well-trod path that young people are supposed to follow. Now that road...

Congratulations! You have a degree.  You took out student loans as an investment in your future – and while the job search is tough now, for most of you, it will pay off in the end. In fact, maybe you’ve...