The increasingly heavy yoke of student loan debt means that a generation of Americans is choosing education over homeownership, whether they realize it or not.
Two-thirds of college students have outstanding loans -- and the nation's unemployment situation is making it harder to pay them off.
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The president's new plan to ease student loan debt is getting mixed reviews from bloggers and students.
On Twitter, the only coherent and oft-repeated sentiment is the need and desire for more pizza donations.
The average student loan debt for a 2011 graduate is expected to be $22,900, the most ever.
Tuition costs have increased at a far greater rate than housing, energy and health care costs, as well as the overall rate of inflation.
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