Debt Consolidation, Help and Relief

Financial Headlines Helping Parents Teach Kids About Money

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  • Posted 08/16/11. by alison

You may feel like you’ve heard enough about the debt ceiling and the national debt crisis to last a lifetime, but for children it’s a great jumping off point to start financial education. According to a new CouponCabin.com survey, almost half of parents believe it’s important to teach their kids about being financially savvy. The [...]

New Tool Helps College Grads Stand Out In Job Market

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  • Posted 04/13/11. by alison

Looking for a way to stand out from the crowd of millions of other graduating seniors flooding the job market? A new tool available for career-minded college students has just been released, and the good news is that it can be free. HireWired.com was recently launched as a way for college students and graduates to [...]

College Graduates Face Massive Debt

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  • Posted 08/20/10. by alison

Some students are starting to pay more attention to the high cost of college– and not just after they graduate. There are a growing number of 20-somethings struggling to pay back their college loans and experts say it’s because they didn’t do a good job saving for college, factoring rising tuition costs or researching opportunities [...]

Student Loans Surpass Credit Card Debt

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  • Posted 08/12/10. by alison

According to recent research, Americans now owe more in student loans than they do in credit card debt. A report by MSN Money says the reason for this shift is two-fold. For one, Americans are paying down their credit cards more these days and secondly, they’re racking up more student loan debt. The article sites [...]

New Graduates Face Changes With School Debt

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  • Posted 05/6/10. by alison

Graduation may be a happy time for college students, but soon they’ll start having to pay back those pricey school loans. New changes in the federal lending program begin to kick in on July 1. The major change is that the Education Department will now provide federal loans through college financial [...]

Report Identifies Graduates With The Most Debt

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  • Posted 04/27/10. by alison

If you’re older, married, attending a for-profit school and an orphan, you are likely to graduate college with a larger chunk of debt following you than other students. That’s according to a new report released by The College Board. The study analyzed 2008 government data and found that two out of three college students leave [...]