President Obama’s national deficit panel sparked an uproar from student advocates with its proposal to end the in-school interest subsidy on school loans. I’d go even further, and end the deferral of repayment until after gradu…
Under the threat of an FDA ban, the makers of alcoholic energy drink Four Loko are changing its recipe to remove caffeine, guarana and taurine. But the only problem a ban of Four Loko would solve is to save young people from th…
As a new wave of high school students enter the college admissions horse race, here’s a bit of advice for their parents: Stop looking at your kid and worrying about why he doesn’t seem interested in getting into a top school. I…
American colleges took in $83 million from credit card companies, leading some to wonder if college students are being exploited by the industry. But here are the real numbers: The average college student graduates with about $…
On a recent Today Show Money 911 segment, a caller said she’d filed for bankruptcy — but that didn’t free her from her student loans. She then asked how bankruptcy would affect her ability to get more student loans. Clearly, s…