Here’s a little something you might want to make time for: an hour-long live evening discussion about student debt — by 89.3 The Current and The Citizens League. The July 23 event at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis is part of MPR’s Policy and a Pint series. Above is the audio promo, and below is Read more →
In case you missed it, MPR’s The Daily Circuit had a discussion yesterday about recent college grads and the crippling debt and demoralizing underemployment they face. You can listen to the audio above, watch the following video and read the collection of tweets and comments compiled by MPR’s Stephanie Curtis after that. Watch For College Read more →
Remember the story of Kelli Space, the recent college grad who set up a Web site where people could donate money to help her pay down her $200,000 in student loans? I just got this spam over the weekend. Its sender’s name is listed as Raquel Castillo-Hernandez, and she’s asking me to donate money so Read more →
In case you missed it, yesterday’s Midmorning program with Kerri Miller discussed the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with guests Kelli B. Grant, senior consumer reporter for SmartMoney.com, and Los Angeles Times business columnist David Lazarus. The bureau’s jurisdiction includes elements of student debt — I’ve mentioned in a previous post here — and the trio Read more →
Yep, I’m finally free of the (modest) burden of student-loan payments, now that I’ve paid off the $6,600 I racked up in grad school. To finance my $30,000 year-long program (2008-2009), I sold my car, cashed in unused vacation from my job and used a good bit of savings. The loan was what was left. Read more →
The Crookston Daily Times laments the state of student debt nationally and in Minnesota: Three decades ago, a Federal Pell Grant for the full amount easily covered a year’s worth of tuition, books and maybe left you a little extra spending money. Now, it doesn’t even pay a semester’s tuition at most four-year universities. State-provided Read more →
After I ran a few posts and charts last week on this years’ Project on Student Debt report and an interpretation of the Minnesota data, Minneapolis College of Art and Design spokesman Rob Davis pointed out this part of the report: A Note on For-Profit Colleges Private for-profit colleges are not included in the lists Read more →
My editor, Bill Wareham, fooled around with the Minnesota data from yesterday’s Project on Student Debt report, and put it into chart form. Click on the tabs at the bottom of the frame to view public-school charts, private-school charts, and the various raw-data tables. Source: The Institute for College Access & Success, College InSight.
You may be familiar with today’s national news about this years Project on Student Debt report that says the average American college student graduated with more than $25,000 in debt last year. In Minnesota, it’s even worse. The average debt of new college grads here went up more than 5 percent last year to $29,000 Read more →