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Student loans
Ask Carmen: Dropping dead weight
Dec 6, 2013
Financial resolutions, cutting back frivolous spending and big student loans. Must be another round of Ask Carmen!
Keeping an eye on student loans from non-banks
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Krissy Clark
Dec 3, 2013
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to expand its supervision of student loans to those servicers that operate outside of the banking system.
JPMorgan Chase will stop making student loans
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Adriene Hill
Sep 6, 2013
The country's biggest bank could stop taking new applications in October.
Are student loans big money makers?
Jul 31, 2013
It should be easy to figure out if the government makes money off of student loans. But it's not.
Maine Senator Angus King wants to make banking boring again
Jul 31, 2013
Senator Angus King of Maine explains why he supports reintroducing Glass-Steagall and shares his thoughts on the rising costs of higher education.
Student loan interest rate capped at 8.25%
Jul 26, 2013
The compromise approved by the Senate puts a ceiling on the interest rates for undergraduate student loans.
Tuition snapshot: Parents, high-income families paying less for college
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Katie Long
Jul 23, 2013
According to a new report from student loan servicer Sallie Mae, parents are shelling out less money for their kid's college tuition. Before you break out the champagne, let's explore those numbers.
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Dealing with a large amount of student debt
Jul 5, 2013
Two young adults share their stories of how student loan debt has impacted their lives since graduating from college.
Sallie Mae just wanted to celebrate its birthday. Instead, it infuriated Twitter
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Kim Bui
May 13, 2013
Why is Sallie Mae trending on Twitter? The story of a birthday mishap.
Why you shouldn't go back to school
May 10, 2013
In her new book, "Don't Go Back to School," author Kio Stark discusses why scores of people think traditional higher education is a waste of money.