Getting More Bang for the Buck in Higher Education

Source: economix.blogs. Posted By: Jason B...4178 days ago

Republicans and Democrats are hurtling toward another bipartisan standoff, this one over rival plans on the interest rates to be charged on subsidized federal loans to help students and their families pay for postsecondary education. Unless Congress can agree on a plan, the interest rate on new loans will double on July 1 to 6.8 percent from 3.4 percent.

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While the interest rate on student loans is important, there are much bigger problems....

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