Tag: Student Loans
Student Loan Rates Near Congressional Action
Dems argue over bill to reduce student loan rates – by Kathryn Baron
Posted: 23 Jul 2013 04:35 PM PDT
A compromise bill in Congress could reverse the doubling of student loan interest rates that took effect at the beginning of the month, saving California students an average of $1,565 in loan repayments. President Barack Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan are lobbying hard for lawmakers to approve Senate Bill 1334, dubbed the Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act of 2013, as quickly as…
Some Students Do Not Borrow Enough Money
Students who do not borrow enough risk dropping out
Despite the media’s
recent focus on students who borrow too much, students who do not take out
sufficient loans put themselves at risk of dropping out with attempts to
save money on their education, including not buying required text books
or taking too many units per academic quarter.
bostonglobe.com
