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The amount of debt that students have after graduation has become a major concern, especially given the weak job market after 2008. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] [ 36 ] Nearly all loans are financed by the federal government at an artificially low rate, [ 37 ] but students sometimes obtain private loans (which generally have higher interest rates and start ...
The amount of student loan debt in America will exceed $1 trillion this year, and is already greater than the total for credit card debt for the first time ever. On Wednesday, President Obama ...
Here are the top 10 states in the US with the most people in ‘financial distress’ — and red states are suffering more than blue states Christy Bieber January 8, 2025 at 6:10 AM
There is concern that the possible higher education bubble in the United States could have negative repercussions in the broader economy. Although college tuition payments are rising, the supply of college graduates in many fields of study is exceeding the demand for their skills, which aggravates graduate unemployment and underemployment while increasing the burden of student loan defaults on ...
A new report has determined that the United States' education system is improving. The bad news is that it still gets a C+. Recently, education news and research publication Education Week ...
More than half of U.S. students go to "racially concentrated" schools. [13] Twenty percent of U.S. students are enrolled in districts that are poor and nonwhite, but only 5 percent live in poor white districts. [14] The number of school districts in the United States has been increasing, reflecting a growing race and social class divide.
A recent analysis shows the best and worst public school systems across the 50 states and the District of Columbia, using 32 key metrics including performance, funding, safety, class size and ...
Low college graduation rates are a problem in the United States; one estimate is that fewer than 60% of high school graduates manage to earn a bachelor's degree, which is one of the worst completion rates of developed nations. [4] The problem of undermatched students has attracted the attention of the executive branch. [7]