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The president is also expected to say the administration is moving up the start of a program approved by Congress that caps monthly student-loan payments for borrowers with low incomes, from 2014 to 2012.

Obama to Lay Out Student-Debt Plan Laura Meckler 2011

"Even making $80,000 can be difficult if one has taken on student-loan debt," says Ivan Kerbel , director of career services at Yale School of Management.

Grads Do 'Good' for a Profit Melissa Korn 2011

Your Sept. 30 editorial "Washington's Quietest Disaster" and the letters of Oct. 11 raise important concerns about the debt burdening college students but miss the mark in describing the role of the federal student-loan program and its impact on taxpayers.

Education Department Has Improved Student Loans 2011

Mr. Boehner, like most members of his party, has opposed previous Democratic efforts to rein in private student-loan companies, which included a provision in last year's health-care overhaul that nixed subsidies to them.

Obama to Lay Out Student-Debt Plan Laura Meckler 2011

In September, the U.S. Department of Education released data showing the percentage of federal student-loan borrowers who defaulted in fiscal 2009 rose to 8.8% from 7% the previous year.

Obama to Lay Out Student-Debt Plan Laura Meckler 2011

The progress we've made to reform the student-loan industry and the for-profit higher education sector has helped us toward that end.

Education Department Has Improved Student Loans 2011

CREW is kind of schilling for Big Ag, reports Mike Elk in an American Prospect piece that goes live at midnight: In October, the Prospect reported on CREW's criticism of student-loan reform advocates.

HUFFPOST HILL - 112th Congress Back-And-Forth Begins Eliot Nelson 2011

CREW is kind of schilling for Big Ag, reports Mike Elk in an American Prospect piece that goes live at midnight: In October, the Prospect reported on CREW's criticism of student-loan reform advocates.

HUFFPOST HILL - 112th Congress Back-And-Forth Begins Eliot Nelson 2011

They cheered as the president ticked off the progress made on behalf of young voters in the past two years -- student-loan reform that makes college more affordable, health-insurance reform that allows students to stay on their parents 'coverage until the age of 26, and credit-card reform that bans unfair rate hikes and predatory practices.

Jeremy Bird: An Antidote to the 'Enthusiasm Gap': Good Organizing Jeremy Bird 2010

In June 2010, total student-loan debt exceeded total credit-card debt for the first time, according to Mark Kantrowitz, a student financial-aid expert and publisher of FinAid.org and Fastweb.com.

Obama to Lay Out Student-Debt Plan Laura Meckler 2011