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	<title>StudentDebtNews.com 2011 - Relief, Loans, Consolidation, Forgiveness, Credit Cards</title>
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	<description>College Graduates &#38; Students in Debt</description>
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		<title>Obama Student Loan Relief Act 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[President Obama is taking steps to ease the burden of student loans. Student loans are set to reach 1 trillion dollars  and have exceeded consumer credit card debt as of June 2010. 
Key Points:
- Student loan payments capped at 10 percent of income.
- Some borrowers may qualify to have federal student loans consolidated at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.studentdebtnews.com/student-loans/obama-student-loan-relief-act-2011/</link>
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		<title>10 Things Student Loan Companies Won&#8217;t Say</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SmartMoney.com has put together a list of 10 things student loan companies won&#8217;t tell you. Each item contains a small article to educated you.
Here are the first 3:
1. Your co-signer could do you more harm than good
2. You may be in over your head
3. The more expensive your college, the cheaper your loans
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		<link>http://www.studentdebtnews.com/student-loans/10-things-student-loan-companies-wont-say/</link>
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		<title>Credit cards back on campus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal reports credit card offers are back on campus due to loop-holes. Here&#8217;s an example. The CARD Act prohibited issuers from giving out &#8220;tangible items.&#8221; Instead they offer online coupons or credits to an account. They report Citibank sometimes offers a $50 statement credit. That&#8217;s a lot better than a frisbees and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.studentdebtnews.com/credit-cards/credit-cards-back-on-campuse-2011/</link>
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		<title>Student loan debt will top credit card debt in 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2011 it is projected student debt will exceed 1 trillion dollars. According to Rich Williams, of PIRG, this is the second year in a show student debt will top credit card debt in the U.S. 
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		<link>http://www.studentdebtnews.com/debt/student-loan-debt-201/</link>
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		<title>Ohio Denies Law License for Grad with $170,000 in Student Loans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is another example of a graduate being denied a professional license due to their student loans.  Read how Ohio Supreme Court denied Hassan Jonathan Griffin his law license.
Related Stories:
MoneyWatch.com  Student Debt: A $400,000 Mistake
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		<link>http://www.studentdebtnews.com/student-loans/ohio-supreme-court-denies-law-license-graduate-student-loans/</link>
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		<title>Credit card companies still target college students &#8211; despite new laws</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Post reports that despite new credit cards laws of 2009 college students are still being targeted. From a survey of 300 students by Professor Jim Hawkins at the University of Houston Law Center.

76% of 300 undergraduates received preapproved credit card offers last year.
2/3 of freshmen noticed credit card marketing on campus.

Read the full [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.studentdebtnews.com/credit-cards/college-students-targeted/</link>
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		<title>Student debt crisis threatens US economy according to International Business Times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The International Business Times is reporting that the student debt crisis is a threat to the US economy. They state that based on recent data from the U.S. Department of Education student loans are headed in the same directions as the foreclosure crisis.
&#8220;The report shows that the national cohort default rate on federal student loans [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.studentdebtnews.com/debt/student-debt-crisis-threatens-us-economy-international-business-times/</link>
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		<title>Report: Colleges That Leave Graduates With The Most Debt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Project On Student Debt released their report on debt for the class of 2009 with an interactive state by state map.  Forbes put together a list of colleges that leave students with the most in debt upon graduation. Some of these are Cleveland Institute of Art, American University, and Florida Institute of Technology.
Class of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.studentdebtnews.com/debt/report-which-colleges-leave-graduates-most-debt/</link>
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		<title>Changes to Private Student Loans &amp; Bankruptcy Law</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Legislation has been introduced to change bankruptcy law to treat private student loans like other consumer debt. On April 22, 2010 Congressman Steve Cohen chaired a hearing on the issue.  Durbin first introduced this bill in 2007. Before bankruptcy law were changed 2005 only government issues student loans were protected in bankruptcy.
Senator Durbin
News release
CBS [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.studentdebtnews.com/student-loans/changes-bankruptcy-law-congress-hearings/</link>
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		<title>Student Debt Increasing Record Rates Due to Recession</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Student loans are up about 50% since 2007 according to data from Equifax credit bureau according to Reuters. This will create negative long-term consequences for the housing and auto markets.

According to Dann Adams, president of Equifax&#8217; U.S. Consumer Information Solutions
&#8220;We&#8217;ve never seen these levels of debt for student loans&#8221;
“This generation of students will be less [...]]]></description>
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