Read Up on Student Loans

Welcome to the Digital News Lab. Here is some reading to prepare you for our reporting on student debt burdens facing recent graduates. Read the following articles and set up a Google News Alert for student loans. That will get you rolling into the Fall.

Contact me at rswells@uark.edu or @rwells1961 if you have questions. Thanks, Dr. Wells (updated 8/11)

$1 Trillion Debt Problem
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/happy-birthday-americas-1-trillion-dollar-student-debt-problem-2018-04-25

NY Federal Reserve and student loan debt

https://www.newyorkfed.org/microeconomics/topics/student-debt

National Average Student Loan Debt in 2017: $28,228

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2018/08/08/wisconsins-average-student-loan-debt-29-569-class-2017/935750002/

I Paid Off $180,000 in Student Debt in 8 Years. Here’s How I Did It

http://time.com/money/5359103/student-loan-debt-payoff-lawyer-180000/

Congressman proposes tax breaks for businesses that help pay student loan debt for employees

https://www.ilnews.org/news/statewide/congressman-proposes-tax-breaks-for-businesses-that-help-pay-student/article_eee6af44-9b51-11e8-a8e3-9f7664a7ee1d.html

Loans and Homeownership

http://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2017/04/diplomas-to-doorsteps-education-student-debt-and-homeownership.html

Student Debt Is Worse for Women

https://www.chronicle.com/article/Student-Debt-Is-Worse-for/244145

Student loans default profiles

http://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2017/11/who-is-more-likely-to-default-on-student-loans.html

Student loan debt in Arkanas $9 billion of $1.19 trillion – 2015

https://talkbusiness.net/2015/08/arkansas-student-loan-debt-at-9-billion-small-part-of-1-19-trillion-in-u-s/

Student loan debt by state

https://wallethub.com/edu/best-and-worst-states-for-student-debt/7520/

Student loan calculator

https://wallethub.com/student-loan-calculator/#calculator

Report on Arkansas Student Loans – 2015 – for state legislature

http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2015/Meeting%20Attachments/038/I14012/AR%20Student%20Loan%20Authority%20-%20Report%20of%20Federal%20Student%20Loans%20in%20AR.pdf

Average Arkansas student debt is $31.000 and above – 2017

https://talkbusiness.net/2017/08/experian-arkansas-among-top-states-with-student-debt-trouble-u-s-student-debt-bubble-nears-1-4-trillion/

Arkansas Student Loan Authority

https://www.asla.info/Home

Student loan powerhouse sued for deceptive practices

You could recoup the cost of college in under 3 years if you’re willing to do one thing
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/14/how-to-recoup-the-cost-of-college-in-less-than-3-years.html

Podcast: The Dig

It’s obvious that student debt can be an excruciating financial burden. But anthropologist Caitlin Zaloom explains that it has also done a lot to make American families into plunderable financial mines, part of a larger capitalist system that individualizes blame for economic failure and forces families that can to support their children into their twenties while depleting retirement savings.

https://www.blubrry.com/jacobin/32934777/the-dig-student-debt-capitalism/

Trump to Halt Private Debt Collectors for Student Loans

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2018/05/25/trump-administration-to-hand-student-debt-collection-to-loan-servicers-ending-use-of-collectors/?utm_term=.8f550ebec206

LendingTree Study: Top Metro Areas With Student Debt

https://www.lendingtree.com/student/places-with-the-most-student-debt/

Simple Trick to Pay Down Student Loans: CNBC

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/16/this-simple-trick-can-save-over-1400-on-your-student-loan.html

Student Loan Forgiveness Programs

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/theres-350-million-loan-forgiveness-grabs-can-get-funds-150529682.html

Student Loan Calculators

https://studentloanhero.com/calculators/

Settlement With Student Loan Refinancing Schemes