Alex Wong/Getty Images Many of us are all too familiar with the student loans, but thanks to a new program unveiled by Fidelity Investments, repayment aid from your employer may soon be an option. The problem? It probably wont do much to address the deep racial disparities of the student debt crisis. Advertisement According to…
JEREMY CORBYN would have to find a whopping £60BILLION to write-off student debt, experts claim. And the Institute of Fiscal Studies said the astronomical bill would only cover debt built up by students from 2012 when fees rose to £9,000 a year. PA:Press Association Jeremy Corbyn has pledged to ‘deal with’ student debt The report…
Andrew Farah, For USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Published 8:22 a.m. CT Sept. 14, 2017 Andrew Farah(Photo: Courtesy of Andrew Farah) The road to retirement is rarely straight. There are alternate routes with children to raise and careers to pursue, and there is often some unexpected road construction, too, when accidents happen or illness strikes. When done…
When did you last check the balance of your student loan? Well, with the Turnbull government working to move university fee reforms through the Senate, it could be actually worth taking a look. Changes to already pass the House of Representatives on Wednesday night include lower repayment thresholds on HECS-HELP loans, higher student fees and…
When did you last check the balance of your student loan? Well, with the Turnbull government working to move university fee reforms through the Senate, it could be actually worth taking a look. Changes to already pass the House of Representatives on Wednesday night include lower repayment thresholds on HECS-HELP loans, higher student fees and funding cuts…
UK Debt advisers are using behavioural science to try to nudge more people to get help with their money problems. The Money Advice Service, a body set up by the UK government to offer free financial advice, has produced a guide to help its advisers apply the learnings of behavioural science. The tips in the…
Regardless which major they choose, the school attended or the degree obtained, college graduates typically have some amount of student loans they must pay back. According to a 2016 story in U.S. News and World Report, 70 percent of students graduated with student loans and the average graduate held $37,172 in student debt. College debt…
Spotify is negotiating with TPG about the future of the private equity groups investment in the music streaming company, as it prepares to go public as soon as the fourth quarter. The digital music pioneer last year raised $1bn from TPG, Dragoneer and Goldman Sachs, via a convertible debt investment. This debt would convert to…
A 6-year-old in Idaho has been supplying her community with fresh lemonade while helping schools erase their lunch debt. Amiah Van Hill offers free lemonade to people in Hayden, Idaho, and educates them about the many kids who cant afford lunch and ra… Read the full article at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/6-year-old-starts-lemonade-stand-to-erase-school-districts-lunch-debt_us_59b8096ee4b027c149e2db38
JUST 10 South Australians owe taxpayers almost $2 million in combined university debts, new analysis reveals. The Advertiser can reveal the South Australian most in the red needs to pay back $224,218 equivalent to the cost of about eight four-year nursing or teaching degrees. Education Department figures also show almost 180,000 South Australians have debts…