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The Student Loan Bubble: Eerily Similar to the Home Mortgage Crisis

A few months ago, Steve Rhode posted a thought-provoking blog titled “The Student Loan Bubble That Many Don’t Want to See.”  He argued that student-loan indebtedness is in a bubble that will soon burst, creating two huge problems: First, when the student-loan market collapses, postsecondary education will be out of reach for most people,  which …

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How Can We Stop the Government From Taking Our Money For Student Loans? – Tammy

Question: Dear Steve, My husband had a student loan in 98 we filed bankruptcy and it was just over from 5 years ago now they are garnishing his pay 15%. The school closed 2 years after he took out this loan. They took his taxes how do we get copies from back in 98-2001? How …

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How Can I Reduce My Student Loan Balance?

Question: Dear Steve, I have taken out loans to pay for college. Several of them are from Sallie Mae, which is now Navient. Over the past 20 months, I have been unemployed for 14 of them. I was initially laid off in Sept of 2014, and again in Oct of 2015 my 6 month contract …

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What Caused the Student Loan Debt Problem?

By Mark Tetzlaff, JD, MBA, MAR Everyone agrees that student loan debt is spiraling out of control. Analysts cite many reasons, but offer few remedies. In my view, the reason for no offers of plausible solutions is that experts have failed to pinpoint the primary cause—Congress passing the Higher Education Amendments of 1992 (HEA-92) and …

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I Graduated From College With So Much Debt, There is No Hope

Question: Dear Steve, I am over $150,000 in debt from students loans, approximately 100k is from private student loans, 4 separate loans, while the remainder is various federal loans. I am 24 years old and got this debt from undergraduate education where I got a sociology degree and now at my first job make less …

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I Have a Mental Problem That Leaves Me Unable to Pay My Student Loans

Question: Dear Steve, I have a mild psychiatric disorder, and I have my total and permanent disability form accepted. However, I found out that for a three year monitoring period, if I make money over the poverty level, in three years I will have to go back to paying it back. While I’m a responsible …

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