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Streamlining student loans: the solution to our growing debt

by Zoe Stratos | opinions editor April 7, 2022 President Biden recently revealed that millions of federal student loan borrowers will be able to freeze their payments until Aug. 31; it is the sixth time the date has been moved back since the pauses began early in the pandemic. As a student, the continued moratorium is a god-send, but no one is really pleased with … Continue reading Streamlining student loans: the solution to our growing debt

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House education bill may cause big changes for college financial aid

Kailey Love | Photo Editor 01/11/18 UPDATE: 01/17/18 Correction of Rep. Foxx’s name. Only one x had been used in the last sentence. Shortly before Christmas on Capitol Hill, several House Republicans compiled a 542-page bill that would significantly change how Duquesne students, and students nationwide, fund their education. On Dec. 1, 2017, House Republicans proposed an overhaul of the Higher Education Act of 1965 … Continue reading House education bill may cause big changes for college financial aid

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PA Attorney General sues student loan company, Navient

Raymond Arke | News Editor 10/12/17 Student loans are often the bane of college students, an extra worry piled on to class work and job prospects. Now there is more cause for concern as one of the nation’s largest student loan companies is being sued by the Pennsylvania Attorney General, Josh Shapiro. Shapiro announced last week that he is suing the student loan company Navient … Continue reading PA Attorney General sues student loan company, Navient

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Landscape of student loans changing, study says

By Max Blechman | The Duquesne Duke A recent study by the Pew Research Center found that the demographic of students who took out loans to finance secondary education has changed considerably in the last 20 years. The percentage of student borrowers increased from 34 percent in 1992-93 to 62 percent in 2011-12, but the most significant increase in student borrowers came not from low … Continue reading Landscape of student loans changing, study says

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