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Default rates highlight growing student loan crisis

Feb 1, 2017
Those with small debts and no degree still find it hard to pay what they owe.
Nearly 40 percent of student loan borrowers are either in default or more than 90 days past-due on their payments, according to a new report from the think tank Demos.
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