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Collegians are having to become more careful consumers, as high-quality jobs become scarce and interest rates on student loans are set to increase. A comparison of the average return on investment for over 1,200 American colleges and universities offers some clues on how to choose.

How do you avoid sending your kid off into the world without a pile of student loan debt? One key is to figure out the real, bottom-line price of a specific college -- before you apply. DailyFinance's Laura Rowley explains.

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, she isn't learning the right lesson from Chapter 11.

Whether you agree with the passage of the health care bill or not, you'll have a hard time convincing college students it's a bad idea. Provided the bill makes it through the reconciliation process intact, college students are going to greatly benefit. This is largely due to section 2714,...

Puzzles are often fun, but not this one: With credit scores plunging and loans in short supply, how do you go about paying for college these days? It's a question you'd think might almost be easy for Scott Gamm. Granted, in many ways, he's just another high school kid, about to turn 18 and headed...

It hasn't gotten much press in the United States, but college students in the United Kingdom who rely on loans to pay their expenses are facing a serious problem: The Guardian reports that "Three-quarters of universities polled said they had made extra payments from their hardship funds to help...

When I can't think of anything else to write about, I sometimes like to pick up a copy of US News & World Report's America's Best Colleges, and spend about 30 seconds flipping through to find one piece of really, really, really horrible advice. And so here it is, from an article by Kim...

The combination of soaring student debt loads and a tough job market has a lot of companies and colleges looking to help students who are struggling financially.BridgeSpan Financial introduced a cynical new product called SafeStart this week and let me tell you: It is horrible. Here's how it works....

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