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Last week, a Reddit user posted a photo of a $114,000 student loan bill-paid in cash-that elicited thousands of comments. Since then, the anonymous alum has stepped forward as Alex Kenjeev, a 2009 law school graduate of the University of Toronto.

With student loan debt at a trillion dollars and rising, it's no surprise that more students are searching for creative ways to finance their college educations. Alltuition and CollegeNET are among the companies that want to help.

The best route to a secure job still runs through the classroom, and droves of middle-aged Americans are following it. The proof is in the lending: The fastest growth in the student loan business is among people in their 40s. But are they making a good investment, or a bad bet?

More than 1 million of America's poorest college students may have to take out bigger loans, find another way to pay tuition, or drop out in 2012, if Republican budget cuts are passed that shrink the government's Pell grant program. But supporters are mobilizing in an online rally Monday for "Save Pell Day."

In part one of this two-part series, Money College blogger Jennifer Larson explored how students can get student loans paid or deferred through their volunteer work. Here, she reports on loan forgiveness students earn through SponsorChange.org. When Sheena Hancock received an e-mail from...

Deciding which college to go to can be stressful, and it doesn't help that a plethora of misinformation exists out there. But what if the misinformation comes from your parents -- from your family? Or what if you don't get any information whatsoever? I like to joke about coming from across the...

Money College writer Fruzsina Eordogh chronicles her ongoing struggles with the student loan giant Sallie Mae. The three-month deferment I paid $150 for from Sallie Mae has run out and so I began the dreaded robot call center run-around that is Sallie Mae's customer service. I hung up a couple of...