Helping Students


Frontline’s New Invesgitations on Credit Card Industr’

November 18, 2009 | Category: Credit Cards | Leave a Comment 
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Frontline is releasing a new report on the Banks, Credit and The American Consumer. Some of the top authorities on consumer spending agreeded to be a part of this.  Watch it on PBS or Online November 24, 2009 at 9pm.  They will be investigating the history of credit card industry and proposals for reform.

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via DemocracyNow.org – “The Card Game“

Student Debt: 42% Live “Paycheck to Paycheck”

December 23, 2007 | Category: Debt | Leave a Comment 
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From the Miami Herald the U.S. Department of Education of education reports that college debtors:

- 34 percent have sold possessions to make ends meet.
- 42 percent live “paycheck to paycheck”
- 39 percent say they will take more then 10 years to pay it all off.
- 27 percent put off medical or dental procedures.
- 48 percent suffer from anxiety and sleeplessness.
- 43 percent put off grad school.
- 47 percent say their families should have done more to save for college.

Bill to Limit Student Credit Cards

December 23, 2007 | Category: Credit Cards | Leave a Comment 
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Sen. John Nutting, D-Leeds, has heard many times. To prevent such problems in the future, Nutting has introduced a bill that would require anyone younger than 21 to get permission from a parent or guardian to get a credit card. Without their parents’ knowledge, students sign up for credit cards through the many offers made at colleges, Nutting said. Unschooled in financial matters, the students can quickly rack up sizable debts.

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Organization Fighting for Justice for Students

December 23, 2007 | Category: Student Loans | Leave a Comment 
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There is an organization that is fighting hard to deal with the backwards laws regarding student loans. Today on a radio program I heard there founder speak and learned that debt collection laws do NOT apply to student loans. Learn more about their organization StudentLoanJustice.org

Student Debt – A Life Sentence

December 23, 2007 | Category: Debt | Leave a Comment 
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CNNMoney.com reports on how the large amount of debt students are now graduating is diverting careers,marriage and buying a home. Read more

“Instant Approval” when Students Do Not Meet the Credit Critical

December 23, 2007 | Category: Credit Cards | Leave a Comment 
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Everyone knows that smoking is cool. Oh, especially when actors do it on TV. It just looks so sexy, so sophisticated—it’s hard to imagine these suave characters hacking up blood as their lungs cave in.

Sure enough, though, long-term smoking kills. And the best way to get addicted is by starting young. Read more

Increase in Credit Card Offerings to Students

December 22, 2007 | Category: Credit Cards | Leave a Comment 
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There’s something special about getting mail, tearing open the envelope and pulling out the letter—you just can’t help but get excited.

Credit card companies can’t help it either. They send out letters all the time. Every six weeks, in fact, the average college student gets five credit card offers in the mail. Read more

College Students & Credit

December 22, 2007 | Category: Credit | Leave a Comment 
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If you are college student, there’s a good chance you are in debt with a credit card. Don’t worry, though: by the time you graduate, it will be worse. In fact, the longer you stay in college, the better the chances of digging your financial hole deeper. Read more

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