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Paying Off Student Loans
January 17th, 2012 
Elisheva Wiriaatmadja (EQuickNews.com) Looking fоr ways tо pay оff student loans? After уоu complete college, уоu main focus іs gaining adequate employment іn уour chosen field. But fоr fаr tоо many, the stress of paying оff college debt is exhausting. Entry and mid-level positions often times simply do nоt pay enough tо quickly pay dоwn student loans; [...]
Is Online College the More Affordable Alternative to a Higher Education?
January 5th, 2012 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja As if college wasn’t already a bank breaker, public colleges and universities around the nation continue to hike tuition costs. In fact, two and four year public universities will experience an average 7% tuition increase in 2012, according to the College Board Advocacy & Policy Center. Naturally, these tuition hikes will prompt students and their [...]
Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy!
January 2nd, 2012 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja (Forbes.com) One of the most cited grievances to come out of Occupy Wall Street is the crushing burden of student loans. I have had a couple of guest posts on the topic including one from Tim Smith who blogs on the Echo Boom. Here, now, is a piece by Alan Collings, who has been devoting himself to the [...]
Student Loan Default Rate Nearly Doubles
December 10th, 2011 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja (BayCitizen.org) Increasing numbers of college and university students are taking on record amounts of debt and then defaulting on their student loans, according to a report released this week by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Nationally, 8.8 percent of students who were to begin repaying their loans in 2009 defaulted in 2010, the [...]
Occupy Group Calls on People to Default on Student Loans
December 6th, 2011 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja (The Sundial) A faction of the Occupy Wall Street Empowerment and Education working group has called for one million people to join a pledge to default on their student loans. The Occupy Student Debt Campaign, which is comprised of students, alumni and current faculty from schools across the country, aims to challenge the rising crisis [...]
The Student Loan Rap
December 4th, 2011 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja Do you have student loan debt? Join the club! By some accounts, there is now $1 trillion in student loan debt outstanding. Wow! With all that money spent on higher education, Americans must be the smartest workforce in the world! But funny enough, graduates are having a hard time paying back all the debt. What [...]
Next Bailout: Student Loan Forgiveness!
November 16th, 2011 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja (MyCentralJersey.com) At our son’s graduation some 25 years ago, each graduating class was asked to stand to be recognized as their degree was announced. When the school of Social Sciences was recognized, more that half the graduates stood up. I told my wife, “Most of these graduates are going to be looking for jobs on [...]
How Can Obama’s Student Loan Plan Help Your Family?
November 3rd, 2011 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja (NYDailyNews.com) You might need a Ph.D. to understand President Obama’s new plan to ease the pain of student loan borrowers. Announced last week, the changes provide relief to millions shouldering student loans they cannot afford. But figuring out whether you are eligible requires a fair amount of homework.
Student Loan Problems – Help to Avoid Default
October 30th, 2011 Elisheva Wiriaatmadja (Forbes.com) One of the most frequently mentioned grievances on the We Are The 99 Percent site is excessive student debt. To supplement what I have already written on the topic I have invited guest posts. This is from a representative of American Student Assistance. I did my own field research by venturing out from the geriatric [...]
