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Here’s what you have heard from me in the past in regards to student loans: Avoid themParents are often to blame for student loans, but...

Here’s what you have heard from me in the past in regards to student loans: Avoid themParents are often to...

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Originally seen in the USA Today and Indianapolis Star Just as millions of first-year college students matriculate for the first...

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People LOVE to act like student loans aren’t debt. You didn’t have the money, no matter what the circumstances, to...

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Yes, they will come back (eventually). Payments on federal student loans, on pause since the spring of 2020, will resume...

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Here are the facts. In 1990, average yearly tuition at a public university was $1910; in 2019, it was $10,230....

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Lisa Whitley — If you have kids, likely you have given consideration to the question “How will I pay for their...

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Written by Kristen Ahlenius On August 8th President Trump extended the student loan administrative forbearance as a response to COVID-19...

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Lisa Whitley — Have you ever read research that humans are actually pretty bad at multitasking? Instead of doing one thing...

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Around here, we field a lot of questions about student loans. There seems to be an endless amount to know...

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