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Student loans
Another plan to ease the student-loan burden
Jun 9, 2014
This one will expand the pay-as-you go program for government loans
Deciphering financial aid offers for college
Apr 25, 2014
If a financial aid package looks too good to be true, it probably is.
More work study, less financial aid?
Apr 24, 2014
Should the government encourage more college students to enter work study programs rather than apply for large financial aid packages?
Ask Carmen: Tips for choosing student loans
Jan 17, 2014
What kind of loans should you take out for graduate school? Find out when student loan expert Heather Jarvis joins host Carmen Wong Ulrich to answer callers' questions.
Ask Carmen: Dropping dead weight
Dec 6, 2013
Financial resolutions, cutting back frivolous spending and big student loans. Must be another round of Ask Carmen!
Keeping an eye on student loans from non-banks
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Krissy Clark
Dec 3, 2013
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to expand its supervision of student loans to those servicers that operate outside of the banking system.
JPMorgan Chase will stop making student loans
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Adriene Hill
Sep 6, 2013
The country's biggest bank could stop taking new applications in October.
For public good, not for profit.
Are student loans big money makers?
Jul 31, 2013
It should be easy to figure out if the government makes money off of student loans. But it's not.
Maine Senator Angus King wants to make banking boring again
Jul 31, 2013
Senator Angus King of Maine explains why he supports reintroducing Glass-Steagall and shares his thoughts on the rising costs of higher education.
Student loan interest rate capped at 8.25%
Jul 26, 2013
The compromise approved by the Senate puts a ceiling on the interest rates for undergraduate student loans.